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  • Title: Nutritional implications of renal disease. IV. Nutritional aspects of chronic renal insufficiency in childhood.
    Author: Spinozzi NS, Grupe WE.
    Journal: J Am Diet Assoc; 1977 May; 70(5):493-7. PubMed ID: 404347.
    Abstract:
    Nutritional treatment of children with renal insufficiency presents special problems related to undernutrition, i.e., insufficient caloric intake to permit normal growth, vitamin D intake, and protein needs, as well as depressed appetite. With regard to energy, it is suggested that uremia may lead to increased caloric requirements, thus exacerbating growth depression. Protein requirements, which actually may not be as important as caloric needs, have not been determined for uremic children. Another factor in growth failure in such children involves vitamin D metabolism and its role in renal osteodystrophy. Successful dietary management of these various interrelated aspects of childhood renal disease requires sensitive, knowledgeable personnel.
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