Dr. Diekema and Dr. Fost with others wrote a paper on growth attenuation in the June issue of the Pediatrics. Check this up.
http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/cgi/content/abstract/123/6/1556
Growth-Attenuation Therapy: Principles for Practice
Pediatrics Vol. 123 No.6 June 2009, pp. 1556-1561
Also see here for information about Dr. Fost. Actually there’s a lot more to know about him. More info will follow in future posts.