Nutrition in Childhood Cancer-Nutritional Management in Cancer

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Ms. Monica Adhikari
Senior Dietician in Pediatric,
Sheffield Children's Hospital, UK

Nutritional Management

Children with cancer have increased calories and protein needs. Protein is needed for growth and to help the body repair itself. Getting enough calories can help body grow, heal and prevent weight loss.

Following ideas /suggestions on how to increase your calories and proteins:

Fat gives us twice number of calories of proteins and carbohydrates foods therefore using foods high in fat will help.

Butter, oil, and ghee :-

To spread thickly on bread, toast, paratha, chapattis, to add on rice

To cook vegetables, meat with extra ghee or oil

To have sweets made with ghee and butter

Use fortified milk (making it richer) :-

To add 4 tsp of milk powder to usual milk to increase its calories and protein.

To use this milk to make: kheer, ice cream, milk shake, Vegetables, dhal, soups, Coffee, tea.

Always use :-

Full fat milk (buffalo's milk)

Cream (malai)

Cheese

Dahi (yoghurt)

Ghee

Eggs

Honey sugar

Condensed milk

Nuts

Beans and legumes (dal)

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