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. 2021 May 24;13(6):1786.
doi: 10.3390/nu13061786.

Nutritional Disorders in a Group of Children and Adolescents with Syndromes or Diseases Involving Neurodysfunction

Justyna Podgórska-Bednarz  1   2 , Lidia Perenc  1   2 , Mariusz Drużbicki  1   2 , Agnieszka Guzik  1   2
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Nutritional Disorders in a Group of Children and Adolescents with Syndromes or Diseases Involving Neurodysfunction

Justyna Podgórska-Bednarz et al. Nutrients. .

Abstract

A study of the literature shows the lack of data on a comprehensive analysis of eating disorders in children with neurodysfunction, which constitute a clinical subgroup with an increased risk of abnormalities in this area. Therefore, the aim of this study was to determine the relationship between the coexistence of nutritional disorders and diseases or syndromes associated with neurodysfunction based on data collected during hospitalization at a rehabilitation center for children and adolescents. A retrospective analysis was carried out in a group of 327 children and adolescents aged 4-18 years. The study group covered various types of diseases or syndromes involving damage to the central nervous system. A retrospective analysis of baseline data (age, sex, main and additional diagnosis and Body Mass Index-BMI) was performed. Two assessment criteria of nutritional status were taken into account (z-score BMI and other previously published normative values). In the study group, malnutrition was found more frequently (18.0% of the respondents) than obesity (11.3% of the subjects). Hypothyroidism coexisting with malnutrition was identified in the study group (N% = 43.8%, p = 0.011) and malnutrition with tetraplegia in the subgroup of spastic cerebral palsy (N% = 34.2 %, p = 0.029).

Keywords: adolescents; children; neurodysfunction; nutritional disorder.

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