Correlating food and nutritional patterns with cancers in the pediatric oncology population at two specialized hospitals in Tanzania.

ABSTRACT:

Background

This study of nutritional patterns in relation to cancers among pediatric oncology population in Tanzania was motivated by the lack of up-to-date information about the nutritional practices, the controversy around the importance of nutritional support and the lack of consistent nutritional criteria among pediatric oncology populations.

Methods

A survey study in two cancer referral hospitals of children diagnosed with any cancers, aged between 1 and 17 years inclusive and being eligible for enteral feeding included 131 children. Their demographic, nutritional, feeding and cancer profiles were analyzed descriptively through mapping and other approaches as well as inferentially using multinomial regression models to understand different aspects of nutrition for child

SUBMITTER: Monko DJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10782733 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature