Nutritional & Deficiency
Vitamin deficiencies, protein-energy malnutrition, and rickets.
2 subcategories • 5 reference files
Vitamin & Micronutrient Deficiencies (2)
Moderate Nutritional Rickets
Metabolic Bone Mineralization Deficiency Disease
Infants and Toddlers (6 to 24 months; high risk in breastfed infants without supplementation or dark skin)
Moderate Pediatric Scurvy
Vitamin C (Ascorbic Acid) Deficiency Disease
Toddlers and young children (Rare; typically seen in children with developmental issues, autism with severe food selectivity, or poor diets)
Macronutrient & Energy Deficiencies (3)
Severe Kwashiorkor
Severe Protein-Energy Malnutrition (Edematous Malnutrition)
Infants and toddlers (Typically occurs when a child is weaned from breast milk onto a low-protein, high-carbohydrate starch diet)
Severe Marasmus
Severe Protein-Energy Malnutrition (Non-Edematous Malnutrition)
Infants under 1 year (High risk in infants who are bottle-fed with diluted formula or suffer from chronic diarrhea)
Moderate Childhood Obesity
Excess body fat that increases the risk of health problems, defined by age- and sex-specific BMI charts.
All ages; a major and growing pediatric health concern.