Society guideline links: Pediatric malnutrition

Introduction — This topic includes links to society and government-sponsored guidelines from selected countries and regions around the world. We will update these links periodically; newer versions of some guidelines may be available on each society's website. Some societies may require users to log in to access their guidelines.

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Links to related guidelines are provided separately:

●(See "Society guideline links: Acute diarrhea in children".)

●(See "Society guideline links: Chronic diarrhea".)

●(See "Society guideline links: Vitamin deficiencies".)

●(See "Society guideline links: Healthy diet in children and adolescents".)

●(See "Society guideline links: Pediatric bone health".)

International

●World Health Organization (WHO): Guideline on the prevention and management of wasting and nutritional oedema (acute malnutrition) in infants and children under 5 years (2023)

●WHO: Guideline on the dairy protein content in ready-to-use therapeutic foods for treatment of uncomplicated severe acute malnutrition (2021)

●WHO: Guideline – Implementing effective actions for improving adolescent nutrition (2018)

●WHO: Guideline – Assessing and managing children at primary health-care facilities to prevent overweight and obesity in the context of the double burden of malnutrition (2017)

●WHO: Guideline – Updates on the management of severe acute malnutrition in infants and children (2013)

●WHO: Pocket book of hospital care for children – Guidelines for the management of common childhood illnesses, 2nd edition (2013)

●UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and WFP with collaboration of the United Nations Standing Committee on Nutrition (UNSCN) and WHO: Guidelines for selective feeding – The management of malnutrition in emergencies (2011)

●WHO and UNICEF: A joint statement on child growth standards and the identification of severe acute malnutrition in infants and children (2009)

●WHO, WFP, UNSCN and UNICEF: A joint statement on community-based management of severe acute malnutrition (2007)

Canada

●Canadian Paediatric Society (CPS): Practice point for nutritional evaluation of the neurologically impaired child (2020)

United States

●American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (ASPEN): Malnutrition Solution Center  

●ASPEN: Consensus recommendations for refeeding syndrome (2020)

●ASPEN and European Society for Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism (ESPEN): Global Leadership Initiative on malnutrition (GLIM) criteria for the diagnosis of malnutrition (2018)

●American Academy of Pediatricians (AAP): Policy statement on promoting food security for all children (2015)

●Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (the Academy)/ASPEN: Consensus statement on indicators recommended for the identification and documentation of pediatric malnutrition (undernutrition) (2014)

●ASPEN: Defining pediatric malnutrition – A paradigm shift toward etiology-related definitions (2013)

●US Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (NCEZID): Guidelines for evaluation of the nutritional status and growth in refugee children during the domestic medical screening examination (2013)

●AAP: Pediatric Education in Disasters Manual – Module 8: Recognition and management of malnutrition (2009)

Europe

●European Society for Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism (ESPEN): Micronutrient guideline (2022)

●European Society for Paediatric Gastroenterology Hepatology and Nutrition (ESPGHAN): A position statement on a practical approach to identifying pediatric disease-associated undernutrition (2022)

●American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (ASPEN) and ESPEN: Global Leadership Initiative on malnutrition (GLIM) criteria for the diagnosis of malnutrition (2018)

United Kingdom

●Humanitarian Practice Network (HPN) at Overseas Development Institute (ODI): The meaning and measurement of acute malnutrition in emergencies – A primer for decision-makers (2006)

India

●Indian Academy of Pediatrics (IAP): Consensus statement on integrated management of severe acute malnutrition (2013)

Australia–New Zealand

●Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) and National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (NACCHO): National guide to a preventive health assessment for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, 3rd edition (2018)