Assessment of nutritional status of children with cerebral palsy

Priyanka Prajapati; Rita Patil

doi:10.55289/jnutres/v7i1.1

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Assessment of nutritional status of children with cerebral palsy

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Journal of Nutrition Research

DOI: 10.55289/jnutres/v7i1.1

Year: 2019, Volume: 7, Issue: 1, Pages: 111-115

Applied Clinical Nutrition Research

Assessment of nutritional status of children with cerebral palsy

Priyanka Prajapati ^1,*, Rita Patil ²

¹ Clinical Nutritionist, Mumbai, India
² Associate Professor, Dept of Food and Nutrition, Maniben Nanavati Women’s College, Mumbai, India

*corresponding author email: [email protected]

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Abstract

Introduction: Cerebral Palsy (CP) affects muscle coordination due to abnormal brain development. Objective and Methods: The objective was to assess nutritional status of children with CP. Anthropometric measurements and dietary recall was obtained from 75 children between age group (5-18) years. Results: There were monoplegic (14.67%), diplegic (38.67%), triplegic (12%), hemiplegic (20%) and quadriplegic children (14.67%). Mean height and weight was 128.26±25.83cm and 27.61±13.78kg, respectively. There were severely thin (29.33%), thin (9.33%), overweight (6.67%), and obese (5.33%) children. Mean energy and protein intake was lower than the requirements. Conclusions: Nutrient intake was poor and RDA was not met by the subjects. There were more undernourished children than overweight children.

Key words: Cerebral palsy, spastics, nutritional status, anthropometry.