Growth in children with Cerebral Palsy

Cronk, Christine E.; Stallings, Virginia A.

doi:10.1002/(sici)1098-2779(1997)3:2<129::aid-mrdd4>3.0.co;2-m

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“…[48] Another theory suggests that children with CP have decreased metabolic needs as a result of low resting energy expenditure. [17,36,49,50] In children with spastic quadriplegic CP, low non-basal energy expenditure and an inadequate food intake rather than higher metabolic need were found to be responsible for malnutrition. It was also observed that those children who had low fat stores had even lower resting energy expenditure, most likely due to a metabolic adaptation to chronic malnutrition.…”

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Nutritional status and growth in children with cerebral palsy: a review

Aggarwal¹,

Chadha²,

Pathak³

2015

Int J Med Sci Public Health

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status and provision of good health care facilities also play a key role. Growth pattern in children with CP Cerebral palsy is a disorder of posture and movement. [15] These children grow poorly throughout their lives. [2,16,17] They have significantly lower mean height, [18-20] weight, [7,18-20] skinfold thickness, [7,19] and mid upper arm circumference (MUAC) [7,18] as compared to general population. Communitybased cross-sectional surveys in Philippines, [21] Nigeria, [22] Bangladesh, [15] and India [19] have also reported similar findings [Table 1]. Overweight and obesity have also been reported by various researches conducted mostly in developed countries [Table 2]. Prevalence of overweight found to vary from 2% in Nigeria [18] to 16% in Norway. [9] Overweight and obesity are more prevalent among spastic bilateral CP than spastic unilateral CP. [9] This could be because children with spastic unilateral CP are more mobile as compared to those with spastic bilateral CP, and they have less feeding problems due to which they have a greater chance of gaining weight. The objective of this work was to review the studies conducted among developing and developed countries to assess the growth pattern and nutritional status of children with cerebral palsy. It also aimed at summarizing the key factors responsible for high prevalence of undernutrition among them. Significant reductions in the anthropometric parameters were found in children with cerebral palsy as compared to their nondisabled counterparts. This deviation from normal growth can be attributed to inadequate dietary intake, feeding problems, decreased weight bearing, and several nonnutritional factors including abnormal endocrine function, socioeconomic status, disease severity, and age. Also, it was seen that undernutrition was more prevalent among developing countries as compared to developed countries. Besides undernutrition, various studies conducted among developed countries have reported a high prevalence of overweight and obesity among this population. This could be attributed to a decrease in the motor function because of the underlying condition and an increase in the gastrostomy feeding owing to availability of better health care facilities.

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Section: Quantitative Inadequacies In Dietsmentioning

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Nutritional status and growth in children with cerebral palsy: a review

Aggarwal¹,

Chadha²,

Pathak³

2015

Int J Med Sci Public Health

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“…Dietitians with larger caseloads tended to use additional anthropometric measures to assess children. Weight and length measures alone do not always give an accurate picture of the growth and nutritional status of the child, therefore a variety of anthropometric techniques have been recommended to improve assessment of the child with CP (Cronk & Stallings, 1997). Low usage of these techniques may be related to lack of time or appropriate training.…”

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Current practice in the management of children with cerebral palsy: a national survey of paediatric dietitians

Hartley

Thomas

2003

J Human Nutrition Diet

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This survey provides an overview of current dietetic practice in the UK regarding the management of children with cerebral palsy. There is a potential shortfall in specialist dietitians and this survey highlights some of the gaps in service provision. Children with cerebral palsy benefit from dietetic input and there is an increasing need for specialist dietitians to be involved in their management. It will be necessary to continue to identify any gaps and find ways to overcome them.

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The Young Athlete with a Motor Disability

Longmuir¹

2007

The Young Athlete

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Growth in children with Cerebral Palsy

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Nutritional status and growth in children with cerebral palsy: a review

Nutritional status and growth in children with cerebral palsy: a review

Current practice in the management of children with cerebral palsy: a national survey of paediatric dietitians

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