Faltering Growth

Faltering growth can affect both an infant or child’s short and long-term health - with consequences including an increased risk of infections, poorer recovery from surgery, prolonged length of intensive care stay and GI dysfunction in the short-term and impaired lung and cardiac function, compromised cognitive achievements, stunting and poorer lifelong health in the longer term.

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Adequate nutrition in early life is a fundamental prerequisite for (neonatal) survival, growth and optimal development. Medical challenges such as Congenital Heart Disease, Cerebral Palsy and premature birth, as well as compromised intake and picky eating, can lead to faltering growth during this critical period of development.

Appropriate growth and development start with nutrition, however achieving adequate nutrient intake can be challenging in this population, in particular, when there are increased nutritional requirements, decreased nutritional intake and/or nutritional losses due to malabsorption/maldigestion.

In this section, you will find educational content covering the latest evidence, clinical and practical insights, recommendations and tools for the nutritional management of infants and children with faltering growth.

Nutrition Essentials: Faltering Growth

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Faltering Growth Biotics

Nutrition Essentials: Faltering Growth

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Nutritional management of faltering growth in the first 1000 days

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Faltering Growth

Nutritional management of faltering growth in the first 1000 days

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Catch-up growth in infants and young children with faltering growth

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Catch-up growth in infants and young children with faltering growth

By Giuseppe Indolfi Sandeep Gupta

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Fast Facts: Infant Faltering Growth

Infantile growth has been described as a “mirror of health,” with its measurement being an important and non-invasive tool reflecting health and nutritional status of an infant as well as the the quality of life of a population. Understanding and identifying when growth is faltering as well as its optimal management is crucial for preventing short-term and longer-term adverse consequences for patients. Professor Atul Singhal, Profession Koen Joosten, Professor Koen Huysentruyt and Dr Rosan Meyer have developed a CME accredited e-learning course designed to provide healthcare providers with an overview of faltering growth in infants and children under 2 years of age. The practical tool covers the presentation, identification and management of faltering growth in infants and children under 2 years of age and on completion of the training HCPs will be able to: define faltering, catch-up, accelerated and normal growth. explain the consequences of faltering growth on patients and their communities identify faltering growth, accelerated growth, and catch-up growth from example growth charts explain the recommendations for management of faltering growth This expert e-learning tool is offered by Karger Publishers and has been accredited by the European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (UEMS-EACCME®) with 1 European CME credit (ECMEC®). Please click on the link [below?] to access the accredited training and update your knowledge and clinical practice for faltering growth in the first 2 years of life.

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