Abstract The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics and American Society for Parenteral and
Enteral Nutrition, utilizing an evidence-informed, consensus-derived process, recommend …

In recent years, much effort has been directed at redefining malnutrition in the pediatric
population to include the acute clinical population in addition to the more traditional …

The publication of the landmark paper “Defining Pediatric Malnutrition: A Paradigm Shift
Toward Etiology‐Related Definitions” launched a new era in diagnosing pediatric …

Children who are admitted to the hospital are at a risk of developing undernutrition,
especially children with an underlying disease. High percentages of both acute and chronic …

Background: Although hospitalized children are at risk of malnutrition, routine screening of
nutritional status has been hindered by lack of a validated nutritional assessment tool …

Although nutrition screening and assessment are recommended by European Society for
Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition and the European Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology …

BACKGROUND & AIMS: Malnutrition can increase morbidity or mortality and hospitalization
may further increase the risk of nutritional deterioration. This study aimed to assess the …

Malnutrition in hospitalized children is still very prevalent, especially in children with
underlying disease and clinical conditions. The purpose of this review is to describe current …

Lack of a uniform definition is responsible for underrecognition of the prevalence of
malnutrition and its impact on outcomes in children. A pediatric malnutrition definitions …

McCarthy H., Dixon M., Crabtree I., Eaton‐Evans MJ & McNulty H.(2012) The development
and evaluation of the Screening Tool for the Assessment of Malnutrition in Paediatrics …