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Child Nutrition Disorders

MedGen UID:
3368
•Concept ID:
C0008087
•
Disease or Syndrome
Synonyms: Child Nutrition Disorder; Nutrition Disorder, Child; Nutrition Disorders, Child

Definition

Disorders caused by nutritional imbalance, either overnutrition or undernutrition, occurring in children ages 2 to 12 years. [from MeSH]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVChild Nutrition Disorders

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Growth management and prevalence of underweight of indigenous children (Orang Asli) in Peninsular Malaysia: a clinical audit.
Chew CC, Ibrahim HA, Balan VK, Abd-Aziz NA, Puah HM, Hss AS
BMC Pediatr 2022 Aug 10;22(1):481. doi: 10.1186/s12887-022-03532-7. PMID: 35948912Free PMC Article
Consensus statement of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics/American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition: indicators recommended for the identification and documentation of pediatric malnutrition (undernutrition).
Becker P, Carney LN, Corkins MR, Monczka J, Smith E, Smith SE, Spear BA, White JV; Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics; American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition
Nutr Clin Pract 2015 Feb;30(1):147-61. Epub 2014 Nov 24 doi: 10.1177/0884533614557642. PMID: 25422273

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Malnutrition in Children With Chronic Disease.
Larson-Nath C, Goday P
Nutr Clin Pract 2019 Jun;34(3):349-358. Epub 2019 Apr 8 doi: 10.1002/ncp.10274. PMID: 30963628
Does Malnutrition Have a Genetic Component?
Duggal P, Petri WA Jr
Annu Rev Genomics Hum Genet 2018 Aug 31;19:247-262. Epub 2018 Jun 6 doi: 10.1146/annurev-genom-083117-021340. PMID: 29874104
Pediatric Nutrition Assessment.
Green Corkins K, Teague EE
Nutr Clin Pract 2017 Feb;32(1):40-51. Epub 2016 Dec 5 doi: 10.1177/0884533616679639. PMID: 27913773
The inheritance of obesity.
Savona-Ventura C, Savona-Ventura S
Best Pract Res Clin Obstet Gynaecol 2015 Apr;29(3):300-8. Epub 2014 Oct 25 doi: 10.1016/j.bpobgyn.2014.07.023. PMID: 25457854
Nutrition and growth.
Lifshitz F
J Clin Res Pediatr Endocrinol 2009;1(4):157-63. Epub 2009 May 1 doi: 10.4274/jcrpe.v1i4.39. PMID: 21274290Free PMC Article

Diagnosis

The relevance of nutrition to pediatric oncology: A cancer control perspective.
Rogers PC, Barr RD
Pediatr Blood Cancer 2020 Jun;67 Suppl 3:e28213. Epub 2020 Feb 25 doi: 10.1002/pbc.28213. PMID: 32096351
Malnutrition in Children With Chronic Disease.
Larson-Nath C, Goday P
Nutr Clin Pract 2019 Jun;34(3):349-358. Epub 2019 Apr 8 doi: 10.1002/ncp.10274. PMID: 30963628
Pediatric Nutrition Assessment.
Green Corkins K, Teague EE
Nutr Clin Pract 2017 Feb;32(1):40-51. Epub 2016 Dec 5 doi: 10.1177/0884533616679639. PMID: 27913773
Diagnosing Pediatric Malnutrition.
Bouma S
Nutr Clin Pract 2017 Feb;32(1):52-67. Epub 2016 Oct 23 doi: 10.1177/0884533616671861. PMID: 27765878
Food selectivity and sensory sensitivity in children with autism spectrum disorders.
Cermak SA, Curtin C, Bandini LG
J Am Diet Assoc 2010 Feb;110(2):238-46. doi: 10.1016/j.jada.2009.10.032. PMID: 20102851Free PMC Article

Therapy

Moderate acute malnutrition prevention with a ready-to-use supplementary food in pre-school children from rural communities.
Talavera JO, García-Vilchis MJ, Labrada-Alba TS, Olvera-Flores F, Martínez-Jaureguiberry MF, Salgado-Enríquez B
Gac Med Mex 2020;156(6):499-508. doi: 10.24875/GMM.M21000454. PMID: 33877118
Effects of microbiota-directed foods in gnotobiotic animals and undernourished children.
Gehrig JL, Venkatesh S, Chang HW, Hibberd MC, Kung VL, Cheng J, Chen RY, Subramanian S, Cowardin CA, Meier MF, O'Donnell D, Talcott M, Spears LD, Semenkovich CF, Henrissat B, Giannone RJ, Hettich RL, Ilkayeva O, Muehlbauer M, Newgard CB, Sawyer C, Head RD, Rodionov DA, Arzamasov AA, Leyn SA, Osterman AL, Hossain MI, Islam M, Choudhury N, Sarker SA, Huq S, Mahmud I, Mostafa I, Mahfuz M, Barratt MJ, Ahmed T, Gordon JI
Science 2019 Jul 12;365(6449) doi: 10.1126/science.aau4732. PMID: 31296738Free PMC Article
Environmental Risk Factors Associated with Child Stunting: A Systematic Review of the Literature.
Vilcins D, Sly PD, Jagals P
Ann Glob Health 2018 Nov 5;84(4):551-562. doi: 10.9204/aogh.2361. PMID: 30779500Free PMC Article
Nutrition (Micronutrients) in Child Growth and Development: A Systematic Review on Current Evidence, Recommendations and Opportunities for Further Research.
Yakoob MY, Lo CW
J Dev Behav Pediatr 2017 Oct;38(8):665-679. doi: 10.1097/DBP.0000000000000482. PMID: 28746059
Guidelines for the Provision and Assessment of Nutrition Support Therapy in the Pediatric Critically Ill Patient: Society of Critical Care Medicine and American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition.
Mehta NM, Skillman HE, Irving SY, Coss-Bu JA, Vermilyea S, Farrington EA, McKeever L, Hall AM, Goday PS, Braunschweig C
JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr 2017 Jul;41(5):706-742. Epub 2017 Jun 2 doi: 10.1177/0148607117711387. PMID: 28686844

Prognosis

The relevance of nutrition to pediatric oncology: A cancer control perspective.
Rogers PC, Barr RD
Pediatr Blood Cancer 2020 Jun;67 Suppl 3:e28213. Epub 2020 Feb 25 doi: 10.1002/pbc.28213. PMID: 32096351
Assessment of nutritional status in children with cancer: A narrative review.
Viani K, Trehan A, Manzoli B, Schoeman J
Pediatr Blood Cancer 2020 Jun;67 Suppl 3:e28211. Epub 2020 Feb 25 doi: 10.1002/pbc.28211. PMID: 32096326
Forecasting life expectancy, years of life lost, and all-cause and cause-specific mortality for 250 causes of death: reference and alternative scenarios for 2016-40 for 195 countries and territories.
Foreman KJ, Marquez N, Dolgert A, Fukutaki K, Fullman N, McGaughey M, Pletcher MA, Smith AE, Tang K, Yuan CW, Brown JC, Friedman J, He J, Heuton KR, Holmberg M, Patel DJ, Reidy P, Carter A, Cercy K, Chapin A, Douwes-Schultz D, Frank T, Goettsch F, Liu PY, Nandakumar V, Reitsma MB, Reuter V, Sadat N, Sorensen RJD, Srinivasan V, Updike RL, York H, Lopez AD, Lozano R, Lim SS, Mokdad AH, Vollset SE, Murray CJL
Lancet 2018 Nov 10;392(10159):2052-2090. Epub 2018 Oct 16 doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(18)31694-5. PMID: 30340847Free PMC Article
Estimates of global, regional, and national morbidity, mortality, and aetiologies of diarrhoeal diseases: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015.
GBD Diarrhoeal Diseases Collaborators
Lancet Infect Dis 2017 Sep;17(9):909-948. Epub 2017 Jun 1 doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(17)30276-1. PMID: 28579426Free PMC Article
Why Is Diagnosing Pediatric Malnutrition Important?
Corkins MR
Nutr Clin Pract 2017 Feb;32(1):15-18. Epub 2016 Nov 23 doi: 10.1177/0884533616678767. PMID: 27879465

Clinical prediction guides

Major factors responsible for child malnutrition: A review.
Shahid N, Salman F, Makhdum M
J Pak Med Assoc 2021 Feb;71(2(B)):729-733. doi: 10.47391/JPMA.1243. PMID: 33941968
Moderate acute malnutrition prevention with a ready-to-use supplementary food in pre-school children from rural communities.
Talavera JO, García-Vilchis MJ, Labrada-Alba TS, Olvera-Flores F, Martínez-Jaureguiberry MF, Salgado-Enríquez B
Gac Med Mex 2020;156(6):499-508. doi: 10.24875/GMM.M21000454. PMID: 33877118
Factors affecting child malnutrition in Ethiopia.
Yirga AA, Mwambi HG, Ayele DG, Melesse SF
Afr Health Sci 2019 Jun;19(2):1897-1909. doi: 10.4314/ahs.v19i2.13. PMID: 31656473Free PMC Article
Diagnosing Pediatric Malnutrition.
Bouma S
Nutr Clin Pract 2017 Feb;32(1):52-67. Epub 2016 Oct 23 doi: 10.1177/0884533616671861. PMID: 27765878
Consensus statement of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics/American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition: indicators recommended for the identification and documentation of pediatric malnutrition (undernutrition).
Becker P, Carney LN, Corkins MR, Monczka J, Smith E, Smith SE, Spear BA, White JV; Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics; American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition
Nutr Clin Pract 2015 Feb;30(1):147-61. Epub 2014 Nov 24 doi: 10.1177/0884533614557642. PMID: 25422273

Recent systematic reviews

Determinants of malnutrition among children: A systematic review.
Katoch OR
Nutrition 2022 Apr;96:111565. Epub 2021 Dec 11 doi: 10.1016/j.nut.2021.111565. PMID: 35066367
The relationship between wasting and stunting in young children: A systematic review.
Thurstans S, Sessions N, Dolan C, Sadler K, Cichon B, Isanaka S, Roberfroid D, Stobaugh H, Webb P, Khara T
Matern Child Nutr 2022 Jan;18(1):e13246. Epub 2021 Sep 5 doi: 10.1111/mcn.13246. PMID: 34486229Free PMC Article
Micronutrient Supplementation and Fortification Interventions on Health and Development Outcomes among Children Under-Five in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
Tam E, Keats EC, Rind F, Das JK, Bhutta AZA
Nutrients 2020 Jan 21;12(2) doi: 10.3390/nu12020289. PMID: 31973225Free PMC Article
Environmental Risk Factors Associated with Child Stunting: A Systematic Review of the Literature.
Vilcins D, Sly PD, Jagals P
Ann Glob Health 2018 Nov 5;84(4):551-562. doi: 10.9204/aogh.2361. PMID: 30779500Free PMC Article
Nutrition (Micronutrients) in Child Growth and Development: A Systematic Review on Current Evidence, Recommendations and Opportunities for Further Research.
Yakoob MY, Lo CW
J Dev Behav Pediatr 2017 Oct;38(8):665-679. doi: 10.1097/DBP.0000000000000482. PMID: 28746059

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