ESPE Abstracts

Background: The effects of carbohydrate-restricted (ketogenic) diets on metabolic parameters in children have been incompletely assessed.Objective and hypotheses: Effective treatment options for childhood obesity are limited and the risk of significant co-morbidities increase sharply with age, especially in paediatric population where growth is normally still occurring. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the feasibility, the efficacy and the safet...