AAP News Vol. 14 No. 6 June 1998, p. 18
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Plotting weight for height adds new twist to check-ups: Nutrition advice early and often can derail eating problems

Laura J. Rongé

A small child eats at least five times every day, with every mouthful setting patterns and stirring questions that send parents scrambling for a pediatrician's advice.

Nutrition is "a high-ticket item," said Katherine Kaufer Christoffel, M.D., M.P.H., FAAP, director of the Nutrition Evaluation Clinic, Children's Memorial Hospital, and professor of pediatrics at North-western University Medical School, Chicago.