Neonatal malnutrition diagnoses align differently with body composition outcomes: a retrospective cohort analysis evaluating three different growth standards

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• Fenton growth chart categorizes infants with low FFM as malnourished more often than other standards.
• This finding highlights the variability in diagnosing neonatal malnutrition across growth charts.
• Analysis across multiple growth standards provides insight into body composition outcomes in infants.
• Variability in malnutrition diagnoses may impact clinical practices and intervention strategies.