Nutritional status and nutritional support in the rehabilitation complex for children with cerebral palsy

Patients with cerebral palsy are at risk for nutritional deficiency. Problems with food intake and impaired nutrient assimilation in infantile cerebral palsy have been repeatedly reported in the works of researchers from various countries over the past 50 years. Revealing in more than half of children with cerebral palsy, nutritional disorders are manifested in them in the form of weight deficit of varying degrees, slowing growth rates, osteopenia (more than 70%), obesity is diagnosed somewhat less often (10-15%).