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Descriptor English: Child Nutrition Disorders
Descriptor Spanish: Trastornos de la Nutrición del Niño
Descriptor trastornos de la nutrición del niño
Entry term(s) desnutrición infantil
trastornos de la nutrición infantil
trastornos nutricionales infantiles
Scope note: Trastornos causados por desequilibrio nutricional, sobrenutrición o subnutrición, que aparecen en niños entre 2 y 12 años.
Descriptor Portuguese: Transtornos da Nutrição Infantil
Descriptor French: Troubles nutritionnels de l'enfant
Entry term(s): Child Malnutrition
Child Nutrition Disorder
Child Overnutrition
Malnutrition in Children
Malnutrition, Child
Nutrition Disorder, Child
Nutrition Disorders, Child
Overnutrition, Child
Tree number(s): C18.654.180
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D015362
Scope note: Disorders caused by nutritional imbalance, either overnutrition or undernutrition, occurring in children ages 2 to 12 years.
Annotation: general or unspecified; prefer specifics disease with appropriate age check tag
Allowable Qualifiers: BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced
CL classification
CN congenital
CO complications
DG diagnostic imaging
DH diet therapy
DI diagnosis
DT drug therapy
EC economics
EH ethnology
EM embryology
EN enzymology
EP epidemiology
ET etiology
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
MO mortality
NU nursing
PA pathology
PC prevention & control
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
RH rehabilitation
RT radiotherapy
SU surgery
TH therapy
UR urine
VE veterinary
VI virology
Previous Indexing: Child (1966-1988)
Child, Preschool (1966-1988)
Nutrition Disorders (1966-1988)
Public MeSH Note: 1989
History Note: 1989
Entry Version: CHILD NUTRITION DIS
Related: Infant Nutrition Disorders MeSH
DeCS ID: 23583
Unique ID: D015362
NLM Classification: WS 130
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1989/01/01
Date of Entry: 1988/06/02
Revision Date: 2003/07/09
Child Nutrition Disorders - Preferred
Concept UI M0023649
Scope note Disorders caused by nutritional imbalance, either overnutrition or undernutrition, occurring in children ages 2 to 12 years.
Preferred term Child Nutrition Disorders
Entry term(s) Child Nutrition Disorder
Nutrition Disorder, Child
Nutrition Disorders, Child
Child Overnutrition - Narrower
Concept UI M0440455
Preferred term Child Overnutrition
Entry term(s) Overnutrition, Child
Child Malnutrition - Narrower
Concept UI M0439621
Scope note Malnutrition occurring in children ages 2 to 12 years, which is due to insufficient intake of food, dietary nutrients, or a pathophysiologic condition which prevents the absorption and utilization of food. Growth and development are markedly affected.
Preferred term Child Malnutrition
Entry term(s) Malnutrition in Children
Malnutrition, Child



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