Ketogenic diet impairs linear growth in children - Resting energy - TopicsExpress



          

Ketogenic diet impairs linear growth in children - Resting energy expenditure remains unchanged Growth, body composition, and REE were assessed at baseline, 3 months and 15 months in 24 children (14 males, 10 females; mean age 5y 6mo [SD 26mo], range 7mo–6y 5mo), 10 with cerebral palsy [CP]) who were treated (successful only in 15 kids) for epilepsy with a ketogenic diet. Growth as height declined −0.2 and −0.6 from baseline to 3 months and 15 months respectively (p=0.001), while the body weight trajectory was unchanged. Its not unlikely that the effect is in one way or another related to the growh hormone resistance that has been reported in previous human studies investigating the effects of ketogenic diets. suppversity | Groleau, V., Schall, J. I., Stallings, V. A. and Bergqvist, C. A. (2014), Long-term impact of the ketogenic diet on growth and resting energy expenditure in children with intractable epilepsy. Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology, 56: 898–904. doi: 10.1111/dmcn.12462
Posted on: Fri, 26 Sep 2014 03:01:01 +0000

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