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Screening and assessment tools for pediatric malnutrition
Koen Huysentruyt1, Yvan Vandenplas, Jean De Schepper
1aDepartment of Pediatric Gastro-enterology, Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel bFaculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Brussels, Belgium.
Current Opinion in Clinical Nutrition and Metabolic Care
|June 22, 2016
Summary
Identifying optimal methods for screening and assessing pediatric undernutrition is crucial. Recent advances include new definitions and tools, but their effectiveness in diverse settings requires further study.
Area of Science:
- Pediatric Nutrition
- Nutritional Assessment
- Public Health
Background:
- Assessing undernutrition in children lacks standardized ideal measures.
- Recent literature (post-2015) highlights evolving definitions and tools.
Purpose of the Study:
- To review recent advancements in nutritional screening and assessment methods for children.
- To provide an overview of current discussions and developments in pediatric undernutrition assessment.
Main Methods:
- Literature review focusing on publications since 2015.
- Analysis of new definitions for pediatric undernutrition.
- Evaluation of pediatric nutritional screening tools in various settings.
Main Results:
- Focus on the practical application of new pediatric undernutrition definitions, emphasizing anthropometric measurements.
- Exploration of consensus-building for pediatric nutritional screening tools across different healthcare environments.
- Validation of subjective global nutritional assessment with anthropometric and clinical outcomes.
Conclusions:
- Limited analytical tools are available for assessing pediatric nutritional status.
- New screening tools have been developed for general hospital and pediatric oncology populations.
- The utility of screening tools in disease-specific and outpatient pediatric settings needs further investigation.
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