Zeitschrift für Gesundheitsfürsorge und Prävention

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Nutritional Status and Nutritional Support in Children with Congenital Malformations of Brain in Ukraine: Single-Center Observational Descriptive Cross-Sectional Study

Natalia Orlova and Olena Riga   

Causes of protein-energy malnutrition (PEM) in them are multifactorial, and malnourishment may be due to motor disorders, digestive problems, medicine use, and the social environment. PEM is one of the most serious medical problems around the world. According to WHO research, in poor families in 22-35% of children aged 2 to 6 years, the body weight (BW) is below the 5th percentile, the growth of 11% of children is below the 5th percentile. In hospitalized children, various forms of PEM are still common, which aggravates the course of the disease, worsens their prognosis, and causes a delay in the physical and neurological development of children. In Ukraine, as one of low income and middle income countries (LMICs), PEM is detected and diagnosed not quite actively especially in children with neurologic impairment.