BY intent and by design, the Ten-State Nutrition Survey (TSNS) of 1968-1970 was
concerned with both undernutrition and overnutrition. One concern was caloric and nutrient …

Background: Practitioners see a large number of children affected by environmental exposures
each year. A national network of pediatric environmental health specialty units has been …

The conclusions that one can state with assurance are remarkably few. Adiposity in children
is best monitored clinically by the measurement of skin-fold thickness. The likelihood that …

IQ tests were administered to 38 pairs of diabetic and nondiabetic children. In each family
the nondiabetic child was a randomly selected sibling of the diabetic child. No relation was …

Children hospitalized with diarrhea who were strong enough to drink were generally able to
take sufficient amounts of a hypotonic glucose-electrolyte solution (GE-SOL) appropriate to …

Dehydration, biochemically characterized by increased concentrations of sodium and
chloride in the extracellular fluid, is a frequent result of diarrhea in infants. The genesis of the …

Previous work suggests that chronic illness in one family member may affect the relationship
between other members. Specifically, the onset of diabetes in a pre-adolescent child, …

Measurements of the extracellular fluid in ex-perimental animals and man, using inulinor
thio-sulfate, often result in volumes of extracellular fluid that are smaller than are compatible …

Discusses the importance of 3 areas (autonomy, surrogacy, and public policy) in the
process of ethical decision making in the medical treatment of elderly patients. The issue of …

HE focus of this study is on family interaction and behaviour in situations Twhere one child
has diabetes. The questions being asked are: Does a child who has diabetes behave …