Nutritional Problems in Children and Adolescents

1. Identify how nutritional challenges are related to certain health conditions in children and adolescents. Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) • Ulcerative colitis (UC) • Crohn’s disease (CD) Malabsorption disorders • Celiac diseaseDiabetes mellitus type 2 (DM II)ObesityFailure to thrive (FTT)Anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa2. Identify health promotion strategies to optimizenutritional status in the presence of certain health conditions.May include medical, surgical, nutritional and psychosocial approaches