title: Nutritional assessment in children and adolescents.
abstract: Accurate nutritional assessment of a child is a complex task involving simultaneous evaluation of several parameters, e.g., nutrient intake and requirement and physical and anthropometric examination, including body composition and biochemical markers. Several of these tests are not readily available in all settings and one may have to rely on simpler tools like thorough clinical assessment, which has a surprisingly high degree of sensitivity.
authors.affiliation: Children's Hospital, New Orleans, LA 70118, USA.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Khoshoo
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001823:Body Composition; D001827:Body Height; D001835:Body Weight; D002648:Child; D003404:Creatinine / Q000097:blood; D004435:Eating; D006801:Humans; D009752:Nutritional Status; D012709:Serum Albumin / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D012709:Serum Albumin; D003404:Creatinine