title: [Malnutrition in the infant].
abstract: Children are especially threatened by malnutrition, because of the high protein-energy cost of growth. Any nutritional deficiency impairs growth velocity, and growth retardation should suggest the presence of an underlying disease. Therefore, auxologic study is an important step of nutritional evaluation, which should belong to each clinical examination in a child. The protein-energy cost of catch-up growth is particularly high, and should lead to a rigorous adjustment of nutritional supply. Early identification of children who are at risk of malnutrition, especially for hospitalized children, is indispensable in order to provide adequate nutritional support on time and then to prevent hospital-acquired malnutrition. Such assessment should use validated pediatric nutritional risk scores.
authors.affiliation: Unité de gastro-entérologie et nutrition de l'enfant Hôpital Necker-Enfants malades 75743 Paris. virginie.colomb@nck.ap-hop-paris.fr
authors.forename: Virginie
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Colomb
mesh_terms: D000886:Anthropometry; D005260:Female; D006130:Growth Disorders / Q000209:etiology; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007228:Infant Nutrition Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D015596:Nutrition Assessment; D009752:Nutritional Status; D011502:Protein-Energy Malnutrition / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*
vernacular_title: Dénutrition de l'enfant.