Cardiovascular Disease - Dyslipidemia: Pediatric/Paediatric

Nutrition Care Process

Last Updated: 2023-05-02 Target Group: All children(0-12 yr.), Youth(13-17 yr.)

Nutrition Assessment

The nutrition assessment of a child with dyslipidemia may include the parameters in the table below that use NCP terminology.

Nutrition Monitoring and Evaluation

Some of the indicators that were measured in the nutrition assessment can be repeated in the nutrition monitoring and evaluation step.

Anthropometric Measurements - Children
Height/Length Weight Weight Change (% weight change over one month, three months, six months) Child BMI Body Compartment Estimates (e.g. waist