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PMC10149741_02
The graph shows the child's weight improvement reported on the WHO boys charts:weight-for-age: birth to 5 years. Arrows indicate times when nasogastric tube was placed and surgery was performed.
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The patient is currently 2.5 years old, he is still fed mostly via gastrostomy tube, and has reached a weight corresponding to about the 10th percentile (Figure 1), even though a severe food aversion is still present.