Objective Recent decades have brought an increased survival of children with Neurologic
Impairment (NI) but malnutrition and digestive comorbidity remain important challenges to …

Background Cerebral palsy (CP) is the most common childhood disability worldwide, and
evidence shows that children with CP are at an increased risk of malnutrition due to feeding …

Introduction: Children with neurodevelopmental disorders are at high risk for malnutrition.
We aimed to investigate the impact of nutritional interventions to children with …

Background and aims Malnutrition is common in neurologically impaired (NI) children. It is,
however, ill-defined and under-diagnosed. If not recognized and treated, it increases the …

Purpose To obtain information on characteristics, management, current objective nutritional
status and perception of nutritional status of children with cerebral palsy (CP) from …

Children with neuromuscular disorders (NMDs) may experience a spectrum of nutritional
issues with adverse health consequences. This review summarizes the current …

Objectives: To describe nutritional status in a population-based sample of children with
moderate or severe cerebral palsy (CP) and to explore the relationships between nutritional …

Introduction: The population of children with cerebral palsy (CP) has grown over the years. It
is estimated that has 30,000 to 40,000 new cases per year in Brazil. In this sense, health …

Undernutrition, growth failure, overweight, micronutrient deficiencies, and osteopenia are
nutritional comorbidities that affect the neurologically impaired child. Monitoring …

Aim Gastrostomy feeding children with spastic quadriplegic cerebral palsy (SQCP) improves
weight gain but may cause excess deposition of body fat. This study was designed to …