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32(1) Nutrition Assessment and Management of the Child with Cancer
Despite recent advances in research and treatment, cancer is still the leading cause of death by disease for all children past infancy in the United States. As recent as 2014, researchers estimated 10,450 new cancer cases and 1,350 cancer deaths … Continue reading
30(2) Nutrition Issues for Children with Down Syndrome
Within the community, many health care professionals who work with children with special health care needs have seen families with children who have Down syndrome (DS). Over the last 5 decades individuals with DS have moved out of institutions and … Continue reading
29(6) Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders
Fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) is a permanent birth defect caused by maternal alcohol consumption during pregnancy. In the United States, prenatal alcohol exposure is one of the leading known preventable causes of intellectual disabilities. Not all individuals with prenatal alcohol … Continue reading
28(5) Nutrition Issues in Children with Myelomeningocele (Spina Bifida)
Myelomeningocele, or spina bifida, is the most common neural tube defect (NTD). NTDs are caused by abnormal fetal development of the neural tube when the opening in the spinal cord fails to close by the 28th day after fertilization of … Continue reading