title: Dietary therapies: a worldwide phenomenon.
abstract: At the 2010 Global Symposium on the Dietary Treatments for Epilepsy and other Disorders held in Edinburgh, there was an opening evening 75-min session to highlight the similarities and differences in the use of the ketogenic diet worldwide. Speakers from seven distinct regions of the world briefly presented their successes as well as challenges in using dietary therapies. Additionally, future clinical and research goals for each area were discussed. This article summarizes these talks and the use of the ketogenic diet worldwide.
authors.affiliation: The John M. Freeman Pediatric Epilepsy Center, Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD, USA. ekossoff@jhmi.edu
authors.forename: Eric H
authors.initials: EH
authors.lastname: Kossoff
authors.forename: Roberto H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Caraballo
authors.forename: Tuschka
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: du Toit
authors.forename: Heung Dong
authors.initials: HD
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Mark T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: MacKay
authors.forename: Janak K
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Nathan
authors.forename: Sunny G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Philip
mesh_terms: D055423:Diet, Ketogenic; D004041:Dietary Fats / Q000378:metabolism; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000178:diet therapy*; D006801:Humans; D038622:Internationality
chemical_list: D004041:Dietary Fats