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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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| 1 | Failure to Thrive
Carly D.G. Leon, MS, RD, CNSC, CD, Praveen S. Goday, MD, CNSC
Failure to thrive (FTT) is a poorly defined descriptive term generally applied to
children under 3 years of age who have an abnormally low weight-for-age. Until
this past decade, FTT was thought of as either organic or non-organic. Organic
meant that there was a medical reason for the child to fail to gain appropriate
weight and/or follow standard growth chart percentiles. Non-organic or psychosocial
FTT meant that the child failed to gain weight with no identifiable medical
condition. Often, non-organic FTT was seen as a result of environmental factors or
social or economic barriers. |
| 5 | Undernutrition in
Children with Special
Health Care Needs
Janelle Peterson, RD, LD, CNSC
Data from 2005 to 2009 state that as
many as one in five U.S. children have
special health care needs including physical,
developmental, emotional, and
behavioral care needs (1,2). This translates
to about 10.2 million children
nationally (1-3). With advances in medical
technology and the ability to save early
gestational-aged babies, this population
grows, and so does the cost of health
care for this group. In 2000, children with
special health care needs (CSHCN)
accounted for 34% of all health care costs
among children, more than twice their
share of the child population (1,3,4). |
| 13 | Malnourished
and Overweight:
A Potential Problem
for Today's Children
Lynn S. Brann, PhD, RD, Kathryn Schneider, BS
Although pediatric registered dietitians
(RDs) are generally familiar with the
issue of childhood obesity, many may
not make the connection between obesity
and malnutrition. The term malnutrition
had first been associated with
undernutrition. More recently,
researchers increased emphasis on the
broader definition of malnutrition. This
perspective includes both undernutrition
and overnutrition and recognizes
the paradox between hunger and obesity
(1). |
| 19 | From the Editor
Michelle S. Trumpy, MPH, RD, CSP, LD
Welcome, spring! Nature is rapidly changing
around us. How about pediatric nutrition? How is that
changing? While probably not as quickly as tulips are
blooming and grass is turning green, ideas and
approaches in pediatric nutrition are changing too. I
thought it might be interesting to investigate a topic
that, no matter in what area of pediatric nutrition you
practice, will certainly pertain to you: undernutrition. |
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FOR THIS ISSUE:EDITORMichelle S. Trumpy, MPH, RD, CSP, LD
Clinical Nutrition Manager, Adolescent Services
The Emily Program
St. Paul, MN
Co-EDITORHolly A. Van Poots,, RD, CSP, LDN
Pediatric Nutritionist
Cone Health; Greensboro, NC Communications Team ChairLiesje Nieman Carney,, RD, CSP, LDN
Clinical Dietitian IV, Publication Specialist
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia LOOKING AHEADVolume 35, No 3: Leadership in Pediatric Nutrition
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