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Dietary properties and anthropometric findings of children with functional constipation: a cross-sectional study
- Source :
- Archivos argentinos de pediatría, Volume: 117, Issue: 3, Pages: e224-e231, Published: 01 JUN 2019
- Publication Year :
- 2019
- Publisher :
- Sociedad Argentina de Pediatría, 2019.
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Abstract
- Introducción. El estreñimiento funcional (EF) es un problema frecuente en la niñez. El objetivo fue investigar los hallazgos alimentarios y antropométricos de los niños con EF. Población y métodos. Se clasificó a los pacientes con EF según Roma IV. El grupo de referencia incluyó a niños sin diagnóstico de EF ni ninguna otra enfermedad. Se incluyó a los niños de los consultorios de gastroenterología pediátrica entre septiembre de 2017 y marzo de 2018. Se registraron peso, estatura e índice de masa corporal. Se usaron los puntajes Z del índice de masa corporal para identificar sobrepeso y obesidad. La desnutrición se definió según Waterlow. Se evaluaron los diarios de alimentación de tres días de ambos grupos; el mismo nutricionista calculó el promedio diario de calorías, fibra, hidratos de carbono, proteínas y grasa. Resultados. Se incluyó a 40 pacientes con EF y 40 controles sanos. Veinticuatro pacientes con EF tenían estatura y peso normales. No hubo diferencias significativas en el promedio diario de calorías, hidratos de carbono, grasa y fibra entre los grupos de EF y de referencia. Si bien la proporción (%) de proteínas en la dieta fue significativamente más baja en los niños con EF, la cantidad de proteínas ingerida a diario estuvo dentro de los límites normales en ambos grupos. Conclusión. La mayoría de los niños con EF tenían estatura y peso normales. No hubo una relación significativa entre el EF y el contenido de hidratos de carbono, grasa y fibra; solo proporciones bajas de proteínas en el EF. Introduction. Functional constipation (FC) is a common problem in childhood. This study intended to investigate the dietary properties and anthropometric findings of children with FC. Population and methods. Patients with FC were defined according to the Rome IV diagnostic criteria. The control group included children who were not diagnosed with FC or any other organic disease. The children who admitted to pediatric gastroenterology outpatient clinic between September 2017-March 2018 were included. Anthropometric measurements of weight, height, and body mass index were recorded. Body mass index z-scores were used to identify for overweight and obese children. Malnutrition was defined according to Waterlow criteria. The three-day nutritional diaries of both FC patients and control subjects were assessed and the daily average of calorie, fiber, carbohydrate, protein and fat intake were calculated by the same nutritionist. Results. Fourty patients with FC and fourty healthy control were included. Twenty-four patients with FC were in the normal height and weight ranges. There was no significant difference in the average daily calorie, carbohydrate, fat and fiber intake between the FC and control groups. Although protein ratios (%) in the diet were found to be significantly lower in children with FC, the amount of protein that taken daily was found to be within normal limits in both groups. Conclusion. Most children with FC were in the normal range for height and weight. There was no significant relationship between FC and carbohydrate, fat and fiber content in the diet, only low protein ratios were found in FC.
- Subjects :
- Male
Pediatric Obesity
medicine.medical_specialty
Calorie
Low protein
Population
Overweight
Grasas
Organic disease
Body Mass Index
Internal medicine
medicine
Proteins, Fats, Dietary fiber
Humans
Outpatient clinic
Estreñimiento
Child
education
education.field_of_study
Anthropometry
business.industry
Body Weight
Feeding Behavior
medicine.disease
Body Height
Diet
Cross-Sectional Studies
Antropometría
Case-Control Studies
Child, Preschool
Fibra alimenticia
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
Proteínas
Functional constipation
Female
Dietary Proteins
medicine.symptom
Energy Intake
business
Body mass index
Constipation
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- Spanish; Castilian
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Archivos argentinos de pediatría, Volume: 117, Issue: 3, Pages: e224-e231, Published: 01 JUN 2019
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....ca5d0475d826970b77a4dae03c966d09