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Nutrition Interventions for Children with Special Health Care Needs

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Glossary<br />

Autism Spectrum<br />

Disorders<br />

Body mass index<br />

(BMI)<br />

a broad category of developmental disorders, including<br />

Autistic Disorder, Asperger’s Disorder, Pervasive<br />

Developmental Disorder Not Otherwise Specified (PDD-<br />

NOS), Rett’s Disorder, and Childhood Disintegrative<br />

Disorder; diagnostic criteria include communication<br />

problems, ritualistic behaviors, and inappropriate social<br />

interaction<br />

an indicator of weight and stature proportionality; BMI =<br />

weight / height2 (kg/m2)<br />

Bolus feeding a term used in nutrition support that indicates a<br />

feeding administered at one time, typically delivered by<br />

gastrostomy or nasogastric tube<br />

BPD bronchopulmonary dysplasia; a chronic lung disorder<br />

that is most common among children who were born<br />

prematurely, <strong>with</strong> low birth weights, and who received<br />

prolonged mechanical ventilation; nutritional consequences<br />

can include feeding difficulties, slow growth, and increased<br />

energy needs<br />

Calipers an instrument <strong>with</strong> two hinged jaws used <strong>for</strong> measuring<br />

the thickness or diameter of an object<br />

Catch-up growth rate of growth that is faster than expected, seen when<br />

a child who has experienced stunted growth due to a<br />

nutritional insult receives adequate energy and protein<br />

CDC Centers <strong>for</strong> Disease Control and Prevention; published CDC<br />

Growth Charts: United States 2000 <strong>for</strong> infants and children<br />

0-36 months and children 2-20 years, <strong>with</strong> data from<br />

NHANES<br />

Cerebral palsy<br />

(CP)<br />

Chronic lung<br />

disease of infancy<br />

(CLD)<br />

Chronic renal<br />

failure (CRF)<br />

Chronic renal<br />

insufficiency (CRI)<br />

a motor nerve disorder caused by injury to the central<br />

nervous system; symptoms depend on the area of the<br />

brain involved and the severity of the damage; major<br />

types include spastic, athetoid, and ataxic quadriplegia or<br />

diplegia<br />

a suggested term to describe infants who continue to have<br />

significant pulmonary dysfunction at 36 weeks gestational<br />

age<br />

less than 25% renal function; may be due to congenital<br />

anatomical defects, inherited disease, untreated kidney<br />

infections, physical trauma or exposure to nephrotoxic<br />

chemicals<br />

less than 50% renal function; a progressive disorder than<br />

can lead to chronic renal failure<br />

408 <strong>Nutrition</strong> <strong>Interventions</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>Children</strong> With <strong>Special</strong> <strong>Health</strong> <strong>Care</strong> <strong>Needs</strong>

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