Bio:Dr. Tanis Fenton has a Doctorate in epidemiology, two degrees in nutrition (Bachelor and Masters), and 18 years of clinical experience in neonatal intensive care. Currently a Research Lead for Alberta Nutrition Services and appointed as an adjunct associate professor at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary, Tanis is an invited member of the Expert Panel for Canadian Nutrient Requirements and Feeding of the Preterm Infant and Chair for the Academy of Dietetics and Nutrition’s Preterm Infant Nutrition Working Group. She recently revised the widely used Fenton Preterm Growth Chart. Tanis’ main research areas include critical appraisal in nutrition, neonatal nutrition and growth.
How often should healthy term infants (born after 37 weeks gestation) and children have their growth assessed using weight, length and head circumference measurements?
Role: Reviewer
Which growth charts should be used for monitoring the growth of healthy term infants and children?
Are there significant differences in the growth patterns of infants, birth to one year of age, who are breastfed versus formula fed?
What role does growth monitoring have in identifying nutrition-related problems in infants, children and adolescents?
What are the optimal measures for monitoring growth for infants and children and how should these measures be interpreted?
How well do parents understand or interpret growth charts?
Pediatrics/Paediatrics - Child Growth Background
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