Pediatric Nutrition in Practice

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• Individualised assessment of diet and barriers
  to dietary intake or absorption is required be-
  fore diagnosis, followed by the formulation of
  tailored treatment and advice and the moni-
  toring of how that advice is being worked out
  over time


• Dietary assessment requires particular exper-
  tise in understanding how a balanced diet is

likely to work and how to obtain and interpret

information about foods and drinks con-

sumed. An experienced dietician or clinician

should preferably carry out the dietary assess-

ment

• It is important to involve the child and the
  parents or caregivers at all stages of the pro-
  cess

5 Cowin I, Emond A, Emmett P; ALSPAC

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6 Ambrosini G, Emmett P, Northstone K,

Howe L, Tilling K, Jebb S: Identification

of a dietary pattern prospectively associ-

ated with increased adiposity during

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DOI: 10.1159/000367877