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Growth is both a determinant and an index of the unique nutritional needs of childhood. Although growth can be defined simply as an accumulation of nutrient stores, it actually consists of an integration of cellular differentiation, hyperplasia, and hypertrophy, which results in structural and functional maturation of tissues. Rapid growth in the human occurs during the fetal, nursling, and pubertal stages of development. Childhood, a prolonged period of relatively slower growth, separates the nursling and pubertal stages.
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Nichols, B.L., Sheng, HP., Ellis, K.J. (1990). Infant Body Composition Measurements as an Assessment of Nutritional Status. In: Yasumura, S., Harrison, J.E., McNeill, K.G., Woodhead, A.D., Dilmanian, F.A. (eds) In Vivo Body Composition Studies. Basic Life Sciences, vol 55. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-1473-8_1
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