[Growth development of children suffering from chronic insufficiency of digestion under dietary therapy for several years (author's transl)].

83 children suffering from malabsorption and disorders of metabolism were investigated with regard to body growth and weight gain. Though at first the increase of weight in comparison to body height was more rapid, the norm was obtained by the time the children were starting school. The period of retardation depended on the severity of disease and the diet being strictly kept to. It is most important that the circumference of the head was normal, though the other proportions of the body were too small for the age. These findings are parallel with normal intellectual development.