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Acta Portuguesa de Nutrição

 ISSN 2183-5985

SILVA, Diana e et al. ENTERAL NUTRITION FORMULAS AND THEIR APPLICABILITY IN PEDIATRIC AGE. []. , 26, pp.60-69.   03--2022. ISSN 2183-5985.  https://doi.org/10.21011/apn.2021.2609.

The use of enteral nutrition plays an important role in the recovery of the malnourished child or adolescent, or at risk of malnutrition. Currently, there is a wide range of enteral diets that have appeared in the Portuguese market over the last 15 years, a consequence of the importance to meet the different nutritional needs of each patient. It is therefore the objective of this article to provide a qualitative and quantitative update of the enteral formulas available in Portuguese until January 2021.

: Enteral diets; Legislation; Nutrition; Enteral nutrition; Pediatrics; Nutritional supplementation.

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