Malnutrition

Addressing malnutrition in all its forms represents an integrated agenda focusing on the root causes of malnutrition at all stages of the life course. In this section you will find material on the full range of malnutrition topics including childhood and elderly malnutrition, stunting, wasting, underweight, dysphagia as well as assessment and screening tools like the Mini Nutritional Assessment (MNA®).

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PUREED FOODS FOR PEOPLE WITH DYSPHAGIA: Functionality, Interventions and Outcomes

Chewing and swallowing difficulties limit the ability to eat foods with their normal texture and thus increase the risk…

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NNI Satellite Symposium Enteral Nutrition Proceedings ESPGHAN 2023

Enteral nutrition has evolved immensely in recent years, such as in feeding approaches and products. With this, more…

2 min read Frederic Gottrand, Valerie Marchand, Graeme O'Connor
New trends in Enteral Nutrition for children with Gastrointestinal impairment
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New trends in Enteral Nutrition for children with Gastrointestinal impairment

With the major advancements in enteral nutrition, such as in feeding approaches and products, more patients with…

Frederic Gottrand, Valerie Marchand, Graeme O'Connor 57 min watch
Eline van der Beek at DPI 2023
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Innovative approach to personalized nutrition management of pregnancy complication

Nutrition in pregnancy is at the base of good pregnancy outcomes and sets the stage for the health of the fetus later in…

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Symposium on Diabetes, Hypertension, Metabolic Syndrome & Pregnancy (DIP) 2023

With the heightened nutritional requirements that pregnancy poses to support physiological changes in the mother, and to…

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Nutrition and Growth Yearbook 2023

There are many factors to consider in child development and what is considered healthy in terms of growth, the biggest…

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COVID-19 pandemic and nutrition status in children: A bidirectional negative relation
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COVID-19 pandemic and nutrition status in children: A bidirectional negative relation

The COVID-19 virus has had a global effect, with almost 300 million confirmed cases by the year 2022. While this has hid…

Sanja Kolaček (Croatia)
New Dietary Patterns Across The World And Its Consequences On Growth And Development
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New Dietary Patterns Across The World And Its Consequences On Growth And Development

Assessment of dietary patterns compared to the assessment of a single nutrient of food to link to health outcomes has…

Wejdan Abdulkarim (KSA)
Children’s Diets And Their Sustainability In A Changing World
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Children’s Diets And Their Sustainability In A Changing World

With the large infant and childhood mortality rates in the last century, it was only in the last 20 years that major…

Jose M. Saavedra (USA)