Systematic Reviews of Dietary Interventions in Children

Follow the links below to find summaries of systematic reviews of the evidence for the effectiveness of special diets for specific conditions.

Reviewed September 2008


Printer friendly page

11 Resources Found
Results 1 to 11 displayed.
Title:   Dietary interventions for recurrent abdominal pain (RAP) and irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) in childhood
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   This review attempted to determine the effectiveness of dietary interventions. When the original version was published, only four trials fit the inclusion criteria for the review, two of which looked at fibre supplements and two of which looked at lacto...
Date:   Nov 2007
Title:   Vitamin A supplementation for cystic fibrosis
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Cystic fibrosis can cause certain vitamins, such as vitamin A, to be inadequately absorbed leading to problems caused by vitamin deficiency. Lack of vitamin A (vitamin A deficiency) can cause specific problems such as eye and skin problems. It can also ...
Date:   Nov 2007
Title:   Vitamin A for preventing acute lower respiratory tract infections in children up to seven years of age
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Acute lower respiratory tract infections (LRTIs), especially pneumonia and bronchiolitis, are leading causes of mortality in children up to five years of age. The Global Burden of Disease 2000 project estimated that the annual number of acute respirator...
Date:   Sep 2007
Title:   Micronutrient supplementation in children and adults with HIV infection
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Fifteen trials were included from developing and developed countries. Interventions included vitamins, trace elements, and combinations of these. Primary outcomes were morbidity and mortality. Secondary outcomes included CD4 and CD8 counts, and viral lo...
Date:   Aug 2005
Title:   Interventions for growth failure in childhood Crohn's disease
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Growth failure occurs in 15-40% of children with Crohn's disease. Growth in affected children is influenced by the disease process itself and by some treatments. Management in children differs from that in adults because of the required emphasis on achi...
Date:   May 2005
Title:   Iodised salt for preventing iodine deficiency disorders
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Iodised salt supplementation improves iodine status but effect on other outcomes is unclearIodine deficiency causes mental retardation in children as well as enlarged thyroid glands (goitre) and deficiencies in thyroid hormones in people of all ages. It...
Date:   Sep 2004
Title:   Gastrostomy feeding versus oral feeding alone for children with cerebral palsy
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Children with cerebral palsy can be disabled in their ability to suck, chew and swallow. This can lead to impairment in feeding ability and, eventually, to under-nutrition and/or problems caused by food entering the lungs. Mealtimes may be long and dist...
Date:   Jan 2004
Title:   Ketogenic diet for epilepsy
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Epilepsy is a disorder where recurrent seizures are caused by abnormal electrical discharges from the brain. Most seizures can be controlled by a single antiepileptic drug but sometimes seizures develop which are resistant to these drugs. The ketogenic ...
Date:   Mar 2003
Title:   Dietary treatment for familial hypercholesterolaemia
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   People with familial hypercholesterolaemia (an inherited disorder) have raised blood cholesterol and ischaemic heart disease (the heart is damaged by inadequate blood flow). Blood cholesterol must be lowered to reduce the risk of ischaemic heart disease...
Date:   Feb 2001
Title:   Growth monitoring in children
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Growth monitoring is widely accepted and strongly supported by health professionals, and is a standard component of community paediatric services throughout the world. We sought to evaluate research evidence of its impact...
Title:   Oral protein calorie supplementation for children with chronic disease
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Growth failure and poor nutrition are common in children with chronic diseases like cystic fibrosis. This may be due to reduced appetite, malabsorption and extra nutritional requirements associated with their disease. Oral protein calorie supplements su...
Date:   May 1999
Results 1 to 11 displayed.