Normal renal function is an essential prerequisite for normal nutrition. Renal failure results in malnutrition and growth retardation, which are particularly marked when renal failure has its onset early in life. Conversely, the careful application of nutritional therapy can ameliorate the effects of renal failure and allow improved well being and growth and possibly retard the rate of progression of renal failure. Nutritional therapy includes the provision of an adequate energy intake, appropriate intakes of water, electrolytes, vitamins and minerals and regulation of protein and phosphorus intakes. In this paper the theoretical considerations underlying these objectives are reviewed and practical ways of achieving them with least disruption to the child and his family suggested.
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