- Review Article
- Nutrition
- How to approach feeding difficulties in young children
- Hye Ran Yang
- Clin Exp Pediatr. 2017;60(12):379-384. Published online December 22, 2017
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Feeding is an interaction between a child and caregiver, and feeding difficulty is an umbrella term encompassing all feeding problems, regardless of etiology, severity, or consequences, while feeding disorder refers to an inability or refusal to eat sufficient quantities or variety of food to maintain adequate nutritional status, leading to substantial consequences, including malnutrition, impaired growth, and possible neurocognitive dysfunction....
- Original Article
- Nutrition
- Local-food-based complementary feeding for the nutritional status of children ages 6–36 months in rural areas of Indonesia
- Tantut Susanto, Syahrul, Lantin Sulistyorini, Rondhianto, Alfi Yudisianto
- Clin Exp Pediatr. 2017;60(10):320-326. Published online October 20, 2017
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Purpose This study aimed to evaluate a pilot project of the Nursing Feeding Center “Posyandu Plus” (NFCPP) through local food-based complementary feeding (LFCF) program designed to improve the nutritional status of children aged 6–36 months at community health centers in Indonesia.
Methods A quasi-experimental design was used to obtain data regarding the nutritional status of 109 children who participated in the project from...
- Effect of tuberculosis treatment on leptin levels, weight gain, and percentage body fat in Indonesian children
- Maria Mexitalia, Yesi Oktavia Dewi, Adriyan Pramono, Mohammad Syarofil Anam
- Clin Exp Pediatr. 2017;60(4):118-123. Published online April 25, 2017
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Purpose Tuberculosis (TB) remains a problem in the community. TB patients usually experience malnutrition, which is characterized by both decreased body weight (BW) and body fat percentage (BFP). Leptin, an important regulator of BW, also plays an important role in cellular immunity, which is integral to defense against
Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection. We analyzed the effect of an anti-TB treatment regimen on...
- Maternal food restrictions during breastfeeding
- Goun Jeong, Sung Won Park, Yeon Kyung Lee, Sun Young Ko, Son Moon Shin
- Clin Exp Pediatr. 2017;60(3):70-76. Published online March 27, 2017
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Purpose This study investigated self-food restriction during breastfeeding, reviewed the literature showing the effect of maternal diet on the health of breast-fed infants, and explored the validity of dietary restrictions.
Methods Questionnaire data were collected from breastfeeding Korean mothers who visited the pediatric clinic of Cheil General Hospital & Women's Healthcare Center from July 2015 through August 2015. The survey included items assessing...
- Increment in vitamin D level and bone mineral accrual in children with vitamin D deficiency
- Yashwant Kumar Rao, Tanu Midha, Satyajeet Singh, Anurag Bajpai, Amita Tilak
- Clin Exp Pediatr. 2016;59(7):292-297. Published online July 31, 2016
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Purpose To compare different regimens of vitamin D with respect to its serum increment levels and bone mineral accrual in vitamin D-deficient children.
Methods Children identified as being vitamin D deficient (serum levels<20 ng/mL) were divided into 3 treatment groups by stratified block randomization (group 1, 4,000 IU/day of vitamin D3 plus 50 mg/kg/day calcium for 12 weeks; group 2, 30,000 IU/wk of...
