Tag Archives: growth

32(3) Nutrition and Feeding for the Premature Infant after Hospital Discharge

Posted on May 1, 2017 by nutrfoc

In the United States about 1 in 10 babies is born at less than 37 weeks gestation. The most recent data available (2015) identified preterm births accounting for 9.63% of births (approximately 383,130 infants) in the United States (US). This … Continue reading →

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32(1) Nutrition Assessment and Management of the Child with Cancer

Posted on January 1, 2017 by nutrfoc

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 →

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31(6) Children and Weight: Providing Help, Preventing Harm Part 2 – Nutrition Intervention

Posted on November 1, 2016 by nutrfoc

Parents and caregivers receive many different messages about children, weight, and food, and it can be confusing for parents to navigate what is sound advice versus what is dangerous. How can health care providers help families and children without doing … Continue reading →

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31(5) Children and Weight: Providing Help, Preventing Harm Part 1 – Nutrition Assessment

Posted on September 1, 2016 by nutrfoc

Parents and caregivers receive so many different messages about children, weight, and food, and it can be difficult and confusing to navigate for families and health care providers alike. What is sound advice? What is dangerous? How can health care … Continue reading →

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31(4) A Look at Blended Tube Meals: Part 2 – The How-To’s

Posted on July 1, 2016 by nutrfoc

This issue of Nutrition Focus is the second in a two-part series about blended tube meals (BTMs). Part 1 updated a 2004 issue discussing homemade blended tube feedings. Interest has grown in the use of blended food in a tube feeding. Families are requesting … Continue reading →

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31(3) A Look at Blended Tube Meals: Part 1 – An Update

Posted on May 1, 2016 by nutrfoc

In 2004, Nutrition Focus ran an article entitled “Homemade Blended Tube Feeding,” by Ellen Duperret, RD, Jude Trautlein, RD, and Marsha Dunn Klein, OTR/L, MEd. The purpose of this article is to revisit this evolving conversation and share expanding professional … Continue reading →

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31(2) Increasing Energy Concentration in Infant Feedings

Posted on March 1, 2016 by nutrfoc

Energy is required by each individual’s body to sustain functions including respiration, circulation, physical work, metabolism, and protein synthesis. In children, energy is also needed for overall growth. Energy needs depend on intake and expenditure. Energy requirements and expenditure are … Continue reading →

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30(5) Pediatric Malnutrition – A Look at the New Guidelines

Posted on September 1, 2015 by nutrfoc

INTRODUCTION Globally, pediatric malnutrition contributes to about half of child deaths. Historically, pediatric malnutrition has been associated with starvation only and was considered primarily to be a problem of the developing world. Identification of malnutrition has focused on the effects … Continue reading →

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30(3) Practical Tips for Tube Feeding

Posted on May 1, 2015 by nutrfoc

The goal of this newsletter is to share ideas for successful use of a feeding tube to meet the nutrition needs of a child in a family-friendly manner. Most of the practical tips shared are those from parents who have … Continue reading →

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30(2) Nutrition Issues for Children with Down Syndrome

Posted on March 1, 2015 by nutrfoc

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 →

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32(1) Nutrition Assessment and Management of the Child with Cancer

31(5) Children and Weight: Providing Help, Preventing Harm Part 1 – Nutrition Assessment

30(2) Nutrition Issues for Children with Down Syndrome

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