While hospitals do not commonly screen children for nutrition, a new tool developed could change that. The Pediatric Nutrition Screening Tool (PNST) was found to be more effective than the existing ...

Implementing the Family Nutrition and Physical Activity Screening (FNPA) tool and motivational interviewing techniques in the pediatric primary care setting can improve childhood overweight/obesity ...

The aim of the study was to identify individuals with food insecurity and establish processes to refer patients and families to federal and community resources. Screening for food insecurity should to ...

Philadelphia, May 30, 2024 – Researchers from The Possibilities Project and Clinical Futures at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) developed, implemented and successfully tested a nutrition ...

American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (A.S.P.E.N.) Pediatric inpatients with poor nutrition are at greater risk for problems with their immune systems, physical and cognitive ...