“…Dietary restrictions regarding protein, sodium, potassium, and phosphate intake are frequently imposed. Compared with normal healthy children, pediatric PD patients have significantly lower protein and calorie intake and decreased intestinal absorption of nutrients and thus loss of muscle mass and protein stores, i.e., diminished height, weight, triceps skinfold thickness, and mid-arm muscle circumference [221,204,47,52]. Hypoalbuminemia, hypertriglyceridemia, and hypercholesterolemia are common.…”