Nutrition

Custodian: Dr. Jessica Monteiro, Dr. Theresa Wu
Reviewer:

ROYAL COLLEGE OBJECTIVES: NUTRITION

1. Recommended nutritional requirements for the infant, child, and adolescent
2. Nutritional assessment, including effect of disease states on nutritional requirements
3. Breast feeding
4. Parenteral and enteral nutrition for all age groups, including formula options
5. Health implications of restricted diets, fad diets, and diets determined by custom or socioeconomic situation
6. Conditions
   • Failure to thrive
   • Nutritional deficiencies and excesses
   • Obesity and the metabolic syndrome

USEFUL WEBSITES

1. Canadian Pediatric Society: https://www.cps.ca/en/documents/authors-auteurs/nutrition-and-gastroenterology-committee. Position statments and practice points from Nutrition and gastroenterology committee

PRACTICE QUESTIONS

1. Cards: On-line cases that aid in development of clinical reasoning
   • Failure to thrive: https://cards.ucalgary.ca/deck/366
   • Failure to thrive - Diagnosis: https://cards.ucalgary.ca/deck/402
   • Failure to thrive - Investigations https://cards.ucalgary.ca/deck/403

LECTURES AND REVIEW ARTICLES