hrp0092p1-381 | Growth and Syndromes (to include Turner Syndrome) (2) | ESPE2019

The Relation Between Changes in Body Mass Index (BMI) and Linear Growth in Prepubertal Children: Daily Weight Gain and BMI Changes in Relation to Linear Growth During Nutritional Rehabilitation of Underweight Children.

Soliman Ashraf Tawfik , Itani Maya , Jour Celine , Shaat Mona , Elsiddig Suhair , Souieky Fatima , Al-Naimi Noora

We analyzed the effect of having different BMI and BMI SDS, if any, on linear growth (HtSDS) in a cohort of prepubertal children (n = 102) in different BMI categories. In addition, we studied the effect of weight changes on linear growth in a randomly selected group of underweight children after nutritional rehabilitation (NR).Subjects and Methods: All prepubertal children between 1 and 9 years presented to the general pediatric clin...

hrp0094p2-325 | Growth and syndromes (to include Turner syndrome) | ESPE2021

Impact of oral nutritional supplements on growth outcomes in underweight children (5: 12 years) with no systemic disease.

Soliman Ashraf , Itani Maya , Jour Celine , Elsiddig Suhair , Alyafei Fawzia , Alaaraj Nada ,

Background: Liquid nutritional supplements (ONS) are used successfully in the management of underweight infants and young children with undernutrition. However, their use in healthy old children and adolescents with underweight and/or poor weight gain has not been reported.Aim: This study describes the effect of OSN on nutritional outcomes in healthy underweight children and adolescents with no systemic illness.<p cl...