PROTEIN-ENERGY MALNUTRITION (PEM) IN CHILDREN (LECTURE)

Abstract

Violations in the organization of feeding children in the first years of life are one of the reasons for the significant prevalence in Russia of such alimentary-dependent diseases as anemia (on average 49.8 %), protein-energy malnutrition (PEM) (on average – 38.2 %), obesity (on average 10-12 %), rickets of II-III degree (on average – 50.9 %), food allergies (up to 12 %), which subsequently serve as a premorbid background for the onset and chronic course of diseases of the digestive tract, organ diseases respiration, neuroendocrine system, as well as disturbances in the formation of the microbiome and immune reactivity, etc. For many years in Russia the term «hypotrophy» was adopted, which is synonymous with the modern term «protein-energy malnutrition».

Keywords

• белково-энергетическая недостаточность (бэн)
• гипотрофия
• недостаточность питания
• вскармливание
• дети