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‘Failure to Thrive’ Is an Outdated Medical Diagnosis

Analysis by Dr. Joseph Mercola

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Story at-a-glance

  • “Failure to thrive” is a diagnosis that arose in the earliest 20th century, and is still given to children and adults today. It ignores the underlying conditions that can contribute to poor health, mainly impaired cellular energy production

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