Pediatric Oncology and Pediatric Medicine

Pediatric GastroenterologyNutrition

Pediatric Nutrition is the maintenance of a proper well balanced diet consisting of the essential nutrients and the adequate caloric intake necessary to promote growth and sustain the physiologic requirements at the various stages of a child’s development .Infant nutrition needs vary considerably with age, level of activity, and environmental conditions and they are directly related to the rate of growth .Malnutrition may be defined as a pathological state resulting from inadequate nutrition, including under nutrition due to insufficient  intake of energy and other nutrients