Modern Problems in Pediatrics, The Growth of the Normal Child during the First Three Years of Life

This volume is devoted to the proceedings of an international seminar in Zurich organized by the International Children's Centre, and attended by about 112 experts from 26 countries. The seminar was devoted to the growth of the normal child in his first three years. The subjects discussed include the assessment of physical growth, including the growth of fat, body density, muscle, and bone; the assessment of skeletal maturation; the chemistry of growth and development; the early diagnosis of mental deficiency, and the value of developmental tests; and psychological development. It is almost invidious to pick out a few contributions as being of especial value; they would include the papers on "the influence of environment on growth" by Marcel Graffar of Belgium, "nutritional growth" by Dean of Kampala, "the accurate prediction of growth and adult height" by Nancy Bavley of Bethesda, "the growth of fat tissue" by Harold Stuart and co-workers, and "the biochemistry of the child during the first three years" by Tanner of London.