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In this video we discuss the relation between nutrition and a child’s immune system and how recurrent infections impact growth in children.
Video Credits – Dr. Mary Limbe (Paediatric Endocrinologist)
Growth monitoring in children enables early detection of deviation from norm thus facilitating prompt diagnosis and appropriate clinical intervention.
In this video we highlight some of the most common methods of assessing growth in children.
Video Credits – Dr. Mary Limbe (Paediatric Endocrinologist)
Good nutrition plays a critical role in the recovery of chronically ill patients.
Some of the goals of good nutrition care in chronically ill patients include; -
To minimize the loss of muscle mass (muscle wasting)
To promote wound healing and recovery
To avoid of worsening of disease
To reduce hospital, stay and re-admission
Video Credits – Dr. Gladwell Kiarie (Clinical Oncologist)
Taking a good nutrition history, checking BMI and muscle mass are some of the ways used to assess the nutrition status of a chronically ill patient.
Video Credits – Dr. Gladwell Kiarie (Clinical Oncologist)
In this video we highlight the treatment and benefits of early nutrition intervention in critically ill patients.
Video Credits – Dr. Gladwell Kiarie (Clinical Oncologist)
Differences in Nutrition Needs for Toddlers, Children and Adolescents
In this video we highlight the eating patterns, influences and differences in nutrition needs for the toddler, child and adolescent.
In this video we highlight the causes and common manifestations of malnutrition in critically ill patients.
In this video we highlight the common short-term effects of under nutrition in children such as; -
Recurring illness
Malaise
Delayed physical and mental development
Irritability
Poor appetite
Low weight for age
We also highlight the common long-term effects of under nutrition in children most notably; -
Stunting or short height for age.
Poor learning ability, poor performance at school and poor general health.
Stunting in girls can have effects on child bearing, resulting in low birth weight babies.
Immunity is compromised leading to a risk of recurrent infections.
HOW TO ENRICH A CHILD’S DAILY NUTRIENT INTAKE
How to enrich daily intake
Add nut butters to meals.
Sneak in healthy oils.
Try oral supplements with as a good source of nutrition to help kids falling behind their growth to grow.
Is your child’s growth faltering or delayed?
Learn about how growth is assessed in children and the management of the same from this video by Fridah Kisinga a paediatric nutritionist.
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