Tag Archives: calories

35(4) Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID)

Posted on February 8, 2022 by nutrfoc

Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID) is a broad diagnosis that includes children and adults with selective food intake (severe picky eating, typically associated with sensory issues), restricted intake due to fear of consequences of eating (e.g., fear of vomiting … Continue reading →

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35(2): Nutrition Implications in Cerebral Palsy

Posted on August 12, 2020 by nutrfoc

The first section of this issue will define cerebral palsy (CP), describe its causes, and review its classification types. Associated deficits related to CP will also be described. The next section will discuss nutrition assessment of children with CP followed … Continue reading →

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34(3) Update: Nutrition for Congenital Heart Disease

Posted on October 21, 2019 by nutrfoc

Nearly 1% or 40,000 births (or nearly 1 in 100 babies) each year in the United States are affected by congenital heart disease (CHD), with approximately 25% of those infants having critical cardiac defects that require surgery or catheter-based intervention … Continue reading →

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34(1) Human Milk and Pediatric Formula Update

Posted on August 22, 2019 by nutrfoc

This issue includes an abbreviated discussion on human milk and pediatric formula, as well as a formula comparison guide. The included Pediatric Formula Comparison Guide, compiled by this author and John Kerner, MD, will be used at Lucile Packard Children’s … Continue reading →

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33(6) Prader-Willi Syndrome – Nutrition Update

Posted on June 30, 2019 by nutrfoc

Max, a 6-month-old infant, has recently had a gastrostomy tube placed after receiving breast milk via NG tube due to significant hypotonia. His length is <5th percentile, weight is at 5th percentile, and weight-for-length is 50th percentile. Maddie is 4 … Continue reading →

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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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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(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(4) Tube Feeding Basics

Posted on July 21, 2015 by nutrfoc

Enteral or tube feeding refers to the delivery of liquid feedings through a tube. Tube feedings are used for the infant or child with a functioning gastrointestinal tract who is unable to meet nutrition needs or safely consume food by … 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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35(2): Nutrition Implications in Cerebral Palsy

34(3) Update: Nutrition for Congenital Heart Disease

33(6) Prader-Willi Syndrome – Nutrition Update

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