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Gastrostomy feeding in cerebral palsy: too much of a good thing?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 October 2006

Erika Gisel

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The study by Sullivan et al. (p 877) aimed to measure energy balance and body composition in children with severe cerebral palsy (CP) who were fed either orally or by gastrostomy tube. The authors show that feeding by gastrostomy tube, using a commercial formula, may lead to disproportionate (excess) fat deposition in these children. They note that while caloric supplementation of children with eating impairments is associated with weight gain, the nutritional composition of a diet for this group of children has yet to be determined.

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Commentary
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Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology , Volume 48 , Issue 11 , November 2006 , pp. 869
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2006 Mac Keith Press