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Pediatricians rely on infant length as an important way to monitor a baby's growth. Baby’s length is a good indicator of the growth and development of their bones, muscles and organs, said Jenelle Ferry, M.D., a board-certified neonatologist and director of feeding, nutrition and infant development at Pediatrix® Neonatology of Florida. “Growing appropriately for length, and especially maintaining their length and weight ratios, indicates good lean mass growth,” she explained. Dr. Ferry added that an on-track length measurement can indicate that baby’s growing overall, “not just putting on weight from adipose (fatty) tissue.”
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