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<journal-id>2183-5985</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Acta Portuguesa de Nutrição]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Acta Port Nutr]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>2183-5985</issn>
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<publisher-name><![CDATA[Associação Portuguesa de Nutrição]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S2183-59852015000400004</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.21011/apn.2015.0304</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="pt"><![CDATA[A Importância da Alimentação em Paralisia Cerebral]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[The Importance of Feeding in Cerebral Palsy]]></article-title>
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<surname><![CDATA[Sampaio]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Joana]]></given-names>
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<surname><![CDATA[Campos²]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Maria Antónia]]></given-names>
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<surname><![CDATA[Afonso]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Cláudia]]></given-names>
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<institution><![CDATA[,Centro de Reabilitação da Associação do Porto de Paralisia Cerebral  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Porto ]]></addr-line>
<country>Portugal</country>
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<institution><![CDATA[,Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências da Nutrição e Alimentação ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Porto ]]></addr-line>
<country>Portugal</country>
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<month>12</month>
<year>2015</year>
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<month>12</month>
<year>2015</year>
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<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S2183-59852015000400004&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S2183-59852015000400004&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S2183-59852015000400004&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="pt"><p><![CDATA[Uma das definições mais recentes da paralisia cerebral descreve-a como um grupo de alterações permanentes, mas não inalteráveis, do movimento e da postura, que causa limitações na atividade, as quais são atribuídas a lesões não progressivas que ocorrem no cérebro imaturo e em desenvolvimento. Nesta população são comuns as dificuldades alimentares. Estas podem resultar de uma deficiência oro-motora (dificuldades de mastigação e/ou deglutição), disfagia e deficiência sensorial, com ou sem distúrbios comportamentais. A estas dificuldades alimentares podem, ainda, estar associados problemas de saúde como aspiração de alimentos e infeções pulmonares, refluxo gastroesofágico e obstipação. A baixa ingestão hídrica, ou até mesmo desidratação, o aumento do tempo despendido para efetuar uma refeição e a ingestão insuficiente (que pode levar a baixo peso) são outras das consequências destes problemas na alimentação. Por outro lado, existem situações em que é comum observar-se excesso ponderal por diversas razões (por exemplo, sedentarismo). A intervenção a nível alimentar/nutricional é, por isso, fundamental para a melhoria da qualidade de vida do indivíduo. É, ainda, imprescindível que os cuidadores disponham de toda a informação e motivação para lidar com as suas especificidades, de forma a que as refeições sejam o mais agradáveis e seguras possível. Nesta população, a alimentação pode ser o nosso maior aliado.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[One of the most recent definitions of cerebral palsy describes it as a group of permanent changes, but not unchangeable, of the movement and posture, causing limitations in activity, that are attributed to non-progressive damage occurring in the immature brain and under development. In this population feeding difficulties are common. These can result from oral-motor disability (chewing and/or swallowing difficulties), dysphagia and sensory impairment, with or without behavioral disorders. These feeding difficulties may also be associated with common health problems, such as aspiration and lung infections, gastroesophageal reflux and constipation. Low water intake, or even dehydration, the increase in the time to take a meal and insufficient intake (which can lead to low weight) are other consequences of feeding problems. On other hand, there are situations where it is common overweight for various reasons (for example, sedentary lifestyle). Dietary/nutritional intervention is essential to improve the individual&#8217;s quality of life. It is also primordial that caregivers are provided with all the information and motivation to address their specificities, so that the meals are as pleasant and safe as possible. In this population, food can be our greatest ally.]]></p></abstract>
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</front><body><![CDATA[ <p align="right"><b>ARTIGO DE REVIS&#195;O</b></p>     <p><b>A Import&acirc;ncia da Alimenta&ccedil;&atilde;o em Paralisia Cerebral</b></p>     <p><b>The Importance of Feeding in Cerebral Palsy</b></p>     <p>&nbsp;</p>     <p><b>Joana Sampaio<sup>1</sup>; Maria Ant&oacute;nia Campos<sup>2</sup>; Cl&aacute;udia Afonso<sup>3</sup></b></p>     <p><sup>1</sup>Licenciatura em Ci&ecirc;ncias da Nutri&ccedil;&atilde;o</p>     <p><sup>2</sup>Centro de Reabilita&ccedil;&atilde;o da Associa&ccedil;&atilde;o do Porto de Paralisia Cerebral, Porto, Portugal</p>     <p><sup>3</sup>Faculdade de Ci&ecirc;ncias da Nutri&ccedil;&atilde;o e Alimenta&ccedil;&atilde;o da Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal</p>     <p><a href="#c0">Endere&#231;o para correspond&#234;ncia</a><a name="topc0"></a></b></p>     <p>&nbsp;</p>     ]]></body>
<body><![CDATA[<p><b >RESUMO</b></p>     <p>Uma das defini&ccedil;&otilde;es mais recentes da paralisia cerebral descreve-a como um grupo de altera&ccedil;&otilde;es permanentes, mas n&atilde;o inalter&aacute;veis, do movimento e da postura, que causa limita&ccedil;&otilde;es na atividade, as quais s&atilde;o atribu&iacute;das a les&otilde;es n&atilde;o progressivas que ocorrem no c&eacute;rebro imaturo e em desenvolvimento.</p>     <p>Nesta popula&ccedil;&atilde;o s&atilde;o comuns as dificuldades alimentares. Estas podem resultar de uma defici&ecirc;ncia oro-motora (dificuldades de mastiga&ccedil;&atilde;o e/ou degluti&ccedil;&atilde;o), disfagia e defici&ecirc;ncia sensorial, com ou sem dist&uacute;rbios comportamentais. A estas dificuldades alimentares podem, ainda, estar associados problemas de sa&uacute;de como aspira&ccedil;&atilde;o de alimentos e infe&ccedil;&otilde;es pulmonares, refluxo gastroesof&aacute;gico e obstipa&ccedil;&atilde;o. A baixa ingest&atilde;o h&iacute;drica, ou at&eacute; mesmo desidrata&ccedil;&atilde;o, o aumento do tempo despendido para efetuar uma refei&ccedil;&atilde;o e a ingest&atilde;o insuficiente (que pode levar a baixo peso) s&atilde;o outras das consequ&ecirc;ncias destes problemas na alimenta&ccedil;&atilde;o. Por outro lado, existem situa&ccedil;&otilde;es em que &eacute; comum observar-se excesso ponderal por diversas raz&otilde;es (por exemplo, sedentarismo).</p>     <p>A interven&ccedil;&atilde;o a n&iacute;vel alimentar/nutricional &eacute;, por isso, fundamental para a melhoria da qualidade de vida do indiv&iacute;duo. &Eacute;, ainda, imprescind&iacute;vel que os cuidadores disponham de toda a informa&ccedil;&atilde;o e motiva&ccedil;&atilde;o para lidar com as suas especificidades, de forma a que as refei&ccedil;&otilde;es sejam o mais agrad&aacute;veis e seguras poss&iacute;vel. Nesta popula&ccedil;&atilde;o, a alimenta&ccedil;&atilde;o pode ser o nosso maior aliado.</p>     <p><b>Palavras-Chave:</b> Alimenta&ccedil;&atilde;o, Dificuldades e problemas alimentares, Interven&ccedil;&atilde;o alimentar/nutricional, Paralisia cerebral</p>     <p>&nbsp;</p>  <hr>     <p>&nbsp;</p>     <p><b>ABSTRACT</b></p>     <p>One of the most recent definitions of cerebral palsy describes it as a group of permanent changes, but not unchangeable, of the movement and posture, causing limitations in activity, that are attributed to non-progressive damage occurring in the immature brain and under development.</p>     <p>In this population feeding difficulties are common. These can result from oral-motor disability (chewing and/or swallowing difficulties), dysphagia and sensory impairment, with or without behavioral disorders. These feeding difficulties may also be associated with common health problems, such as aspiration and lung infections, gastroesophageal reflux and constipation. Low water intake, or even dehydration, the increase in the time to take a meal and insufficient intake (which can lead to low weight) are other consequences of feeding problems. On other hand, there are situations where it is common overweight for various reasons (for example, sedentary lifestyle).</p>     ]]></body>
<body><![CDATA[<p>Dietary/nutritional intervention is essential to improve the individual&rsquo;s quality of life. It is also primordial that caregivers are provided with all the information and motivation to address their specificities, so that the meals are as pleasant and safe as possible. In this population, food can be our greatest ally.</p>     <p><b>Keywords: </b>Feeding, Feeding problems and difficulties, Dietary and/or nutritional intervention, Cerebral palsy</p>     <p>&nbsp;</p> <hr>     <p>&nbsp;</p>     <p><b>INTRODU&Ccedil;&Atilde;O</b></p>     <p>A defini&ccedil;&atilde;o de paralisia cerebral (PC) foi evoluindo ao longo dos tempos e uma das defini&ccedil;&otilde;es mais recentes descreve-a como um grupo de altera&ccedil;&otilde;es permanentes, mas n&atilde;o inalter&aacute;veis, do movimento e da postura, causando limita&ccedil;&otilde;es na atividade, que s&atilde;o atribu&iacute;das a les&otilde;es n&atilde;o progressivas que ocorrem no c&eacute;rebro imaturo e em desenvolvimento (1).</p>     <p>Associados a esta descoordena&ccedil;&atilde;o motora est&atilde;o, geralmente, dist&uacute;rbios na sensa&ccedil;&atilde;o, perce&ccedil;&atilde;o, cogni&ccedil;&atilde;o, comunica&ccedil;&atilde;o e no comportamento, epilepsia e problemas musculares secund&aacute;rios (1).</p>     <p>A PC &eacute; uma das causas mais comuns de defici&ecirc;ncia f&iacute;sica na inf&acirc;ncia, nos pa&iacute;ses desenvolvidos, e afeta cerca de 2,4 nados vivos por cada 1000 (2).</p>     <p>A import&acirc;ncia da alimenta&ccedil;&atilde;o em paralisia cerebral</p>     <p>Quanto maior a gravidade da les&atilde;o cerebral, maiores ser&atilde;o as repercuss&otilde;es a n&iacute;vel alimentar, prejudicando o estado nutricional do indiv&iacute;duo (3).</p>     ]]></body>
<body><![CDATA[<p>A interven&ccedil;&atilde;o a n&iacute;vel alimentar/nutricional &eacute; fundamental para a melhoria da qualidade de vida do indiv&iacute;duo. Perante o observado em contexto cl&iacute;nico no Centro de Reabilita&ccedil;&atilde;o da Associa&ccedil;&atilde;o do Porto de Paralisia Cerebral, apresentam-se algumas das situa&ccedil;&otilde;es cl&iacute;nicas mais comuns nesta popula&ccedil;&atilde;o, bem como as estrat&eacute;gias a serem implementadas, a n&iacute;vel alimentar e nutricional, para solucionar ou, pelo menos, atenuar estas complica&ccedil;&otilde;es.</p>     <p><u>Dificuldades de Mastiga&ccedil;&atilde;o e/ou Degluti&ccedil;&atilde;o</u></p>     <p>Na PC, devido &agrave; les&atilde;o neurol&oacute;gica, &eacute; muito frequente a exist&ecirc;ncia de graves problemas de mastiga&ccedil;&atilde;o e degluti&ccedil;&atilde;o de alimentos. A preval&ecirc;ncia destas dificuldades na alimenta&ccedil;&atilde;o parece estar diretamente relacionada com a gravidade da les&atilde;o (4).</p>     <p>A estas dificuldades est&atilde;o geralmente associados erros alimentares. Neste sentido, a popula&ccedil;&atilde;o com PC parece apresentar um padr&atilde;o alimentar desequilibrado, rico em a&ccedil;&uacute;cares e gorduras, que pode ser explicado pela maior palatibilidade destes alimentos (em caso de alimenta&ccedil;&atilde;o por via oral). Tamb&eacute;m a influ&ecirc;ncia do meio envolvente e a tend&ecirc;ncia dos cuidadores para fornecer alimentos com estas caracter&iacute;sticas como forma de compensa&ccedil;&atilde;o alimentar s&atilde;o determinantes para este consumo. Parece haver, ainda, um baixo consumo di&aacute;rio de hort&iacute;colas, frutas e, tamb&eacute;m, de l&iacute;quidos, nunca sendo este &uacute;ltimo superior a tr&ecirc;s copos por dia e feito, maiorit&aacute;ria e erradamente, sob a forma de sumos industriais e refrigerantes (5).</p>     <p>A textura/consist&ecirc;ncia da alimenta&ccedil;&atilde;o destes indiv&iacute;duos poder&aacute;, por vezes, ter de ser modificada, para que se adapte &agrave;s dificuldades dos mesmos (6). Estes podem, e devem, consumir a mesma refei&ccedil;&atilde;o que a popula&ccedil;&atilde;o em geral. A variedade alimentar &eacute; extremamente importante na melhoria da alimenta&ccedil;&atilde;o do indiv&iacute;duo com PC, no entanto, nem sempre tal acontece j&aacute; que, muitas vezes, a alimenta&ccedil;&atilde;o torna-se mon&oacute;tona e pouco diversificada.</p>     <p>Os objetivos da alimenta&ccedil;&atilde;o devem centrar-se em atingir as necessidades energ&eacute;ticas e nutricionais e reduzir os riscos associados &agrave; ingest&atilde;o alimentar, como a aspira&ccedil;&atilde;o. Sempre que poss&iacute;vel a via oral ser&aacute; a escolha prim&aacute;ria. Caso n&atilde;o se consigam atingir estas necessidades com a alimenta&ccedil;&atilde;o habitual, deve, primeiramente, recorrer-se a alimentos nutritivos de alta densidade energ&eacute;tica (6) e, em &uacute;ltimo caso, a suplementos nutricionais (7). Em casos mais graves, poder-se-&aacute; recorrer &agrave; coloca&ccedil;&atilde;o de uma sonda de alimenta&ccedil;&atilde;o.</p>     <p><u>Disfagia</u></p>     <p>A disfagia pode ser causada por uma disfun&ccedil;&atilde;o oro-motora, anomalias anat&oacute;micas, defici&ecirc;ncia sensorial ou dist&uacute;rbios motores do es&oacute;fago e, aquando da presen&ccedil;a de refluxo gastroesof&aacute;gico (RGE), pode agravar (8).</p>     <p>No caso da PC, esta situa&ccedil;&atilde;o &eacute; consequ&ecirc;ncia de uma les&atilde;o na &aacute;rea do c&eacute;rebro que controla a a&ccedil;&atilde;o muscular respons&aacute;vel pelo correto processo de degluti&ccedil;&atilde;o, sendo mais predominante a dificuldade em deglutir l&iacute;quidos (7, 9) e existindo um grande risco de os alimentos serem aspirados para os pulm&otilde;es, podendo causar infe&ccedil;&otilde;es respirat&oacute;rias e pneumonias recorrentes (10, 11). Em casos mais graves, a disfagia poder&aacute; levar a defici&ecirc;ncias nutricionais e desidrata&ccedil;&atilde;o, resultando em perda de peso e, at&eacute;, morte (9).</p>     <p>As manifesta&ccedil;&otilde;es cl&iacute;nicas da disfagia incluem, entre outros, recusa alimentar, fadiga durante a alimenta&ccedil;&atilde;o, liberta&ccedil;&atilde;o de l&iacute;quidos para fora da cavidade oral, regurgita&ccedil;&atilde;o nasal, tosse e/ou engasgamento e altera&ccedil;&atilde;o da qualidade vocal (9).</p>     ]]></body>
<body><![CDATA[<p>A modifica&ccedil;&atilde;o da consist&ecirc;ncia dos l&iacute;quidos, com recurso a produtos como espessantes ou &aacute;gua gelificada, &eacute; um dos pilares da interven&ccedil;&atilde;o do nutricionista em indiv&iacute;duos com PC que apresentam disfagia e tem o objetivo de permitir uma ingest&atilde;o h&iacute;drica segura. No entanto, a baixa aceitabilidade e ades&atilde;o a l&iacute;quidos com textura modificada pode contribuir para o aumento do risco de nutri&ccedil;&atilde;o inadequada (12).</p>     <p><u>Desidrata&ccedil;&atilde;o</u></p>     <p>A desidrata&ccedil;&atilde;o &eacute; uma condi&ccedil;&atilde;o prevalente em indiv&iacute;duos com PC por diversos motivos: a disfagia, a incapacidade de comunicar a sensa&ccedil;&atilde;o de sede e de beber autonomamente, na maioria dos casos, e consequente depend&ecirc;ncia da iniciativa de terceiros para lhes oferecer l&iacute;quidos. Al&eacute;m disso, &eacute; comum oferecerem resist&ecirc;ncia &agrave; &aacute;gua (13). A presen&ccedil;a de sialorreia, o ato de babar, por vezes em fio, pode tamb&eacute;m conduzir &agrave; desidrata&ccedil;&atilde;o (14).</p>     <p>As consequ&ecirc;ncias da baixa ingest&atilde;o h&iacute;drica s&atilde;o extremamente graves (15). Particularmente na PC, a &aacute;gua &eacute; essencial para o correto funcionamento intestinal, renal e hep&aacute;tico (15, 16), em situa&ccedil;&otilde;es de obstipa&ccedil;&atilde;o e em casos de polimedica&ccedil;&atilde;o.</p>     <p>Algumas solu&ccedil;&otilde;es para minimizar este problema passam por aromatizar a &aacute;gua com lim&atilde;o, laranja, cevada ou algumas gotas de groselha, optar por ch&aacute;s, sem a&ccedil;&uacute;car e sem cafe&iacute;na, ou infus&otilde;es de ervas ou preparar sumos de fruta natural com adi&ccedil;&atilde;o de &aacute;gua. &Eacute; importante n&atilde;o esquecer que, quando se tem sede, j&aacute; o nosso organismo est&aacute; desidratado, da&iacute; ser imprescind&iacute;vel ter a rotina de transportar diariamente uma garrafa, de forma a criar o h&aacute;bito de consumo de &aacute;gua ao longo do dia (15), sendo poss&iacute;vel desta forma controlar as quantidades ingeridas. Em casos de depend&ecirc;ncia &eacute; central sensibilizar os cuidadores para esta rotina. Em situa&ccedil;&otilde;es de disfagia, deve-se espessar os l&iacute;quidos recorrendo a espessantes ou &aacute;gua gelificada (12), conforme referido anteriormente.</p>     <p><u>Obstipa&ccedil;&atilde;o</u></p>     <p>A obstipa&ccedil;&atilde;o &eacute; um problema bastante comum na PC (7) e uma das defini&ccedil;&otilde;es descreve-a como uma frequ&ecirc;ncia de defeca&ccedil;&atilde;o menor que tr&ecirc;s vezes por semana ou a necessidade constante de um tratamento com laxantes (17).</p>     <p>A presen&ccedil;a de hipotonicidade, incoordena&ccedil;&atilde;o muscular esquel&eacute;tica e as deformidades esquel&eacute;ticas agravam a obstipa&ccedil;&atilde;o (18). Para al&eacute;m disto, o reduzido relaxamento muscular e a imobilidade, muito comuns em pessoas com PC, dificultam o processo de defeca&ccedil;&atilde;o (18, 19). A medica&ccedil;&atilde;o comummente utilizada nesta popula&ccedil;&atilde;o, o baixo consumo de fibras alimentares e de &aacute;gua contribuem, igualmente, para o agravamento desta situa&ccedil;&atilde;o (19, 20).</p>     <p>A obstipa&ccedil;&atilde;o tem sido associada &agrave; redu&ccedil;&atilde;o da qualidade de vida, assim como a manifesta&ccedil;&otilde;es gastrointestinais (por exemplo, v&oacute;mitos recorrentes, n&aacute;useas, agravamento do RGE, dores abdominais e saciedade precoce), choro, irritabilidade e sono inquieto (17-19).</p>     <p>Uma alimenta&ccedil;&atilde;o rica em fibras alimentares, presentes em hort&iacute;colas, fruta crua, cereais e sementes (tais como a linha&ccedil;a em p&oacute;, chia e aveia), e a elevada ingest&atilde;o de &aacute;gua ao longo do dia s&atilde;o essenciais para a resolu&ccedil;&atilde;o ou minimiza&ccedil;&atilde;o de problemas de obstipa&ccedil;&atilde;o (21).</p>     ]]></body>
<body><![CDATA[<p>A utiliza&ccedil;&atilde;o de laxantes pode ser necess&aacute;ria mas deve ser implementada, apenas e s&oacute;, em &uacute;ltima inst&acirc;ncia j&aacute; que estes levam &agrave; habitua&ccedil;&atilde;o e, em algumas situa&ccedil;&otilde;es, podem ser agressivos para a flora intestinal, provocando irrita&ccedil;&otilde;es e dor que acabam por agravar este problema (17).</p>     <p><u>Refluxo Gastroesof&aacute;gico</u></p>     <p>A elevada incid&ecirc;ncia deste problema em PC est&aacute; comprovada (17), sendo um dos dist&uacute;rbios do trato digestivo mais prevalente (19) e superior em indiv&iacute;duos que apresentam excesso ponderal (22).</p>     <p>V&aacute;rias raz&otilde;es t&ecirc;m sido propostas para explicar tal facto, incluindo a ado&ccedil;&atilde;o de uma posi&ccedil;&atilde;o em dec&uacute;bito dorsal prolongada (o que acontece muitas vezes dado que muitos indiv&iacute;duos n&atilde;o podem andar ou sentar-se sem apoio), o aumento da press&atilde;o intra-abdominal secund&aacute;ria &agrave; espasticidade, escoliose, obstipa&ccedil;&atilde;o, convuls&otilde;es, altera&ccedil;&atilde;o da consist&ecirc;ncia da dieta e medica&ccedil;&atilde;o (7, 17, 19, 20).</p>     <p>Uma grande parte dos indiv&iacute;duos com PC que apresentam RGE manifestam dificuldades alimentares, v&oacute;mitos, recusa alimentar, infe&ccedil;&otilde;es pulmonares recorrentes, problemas dent&aacute;rios, d&eacute;fice de crescimento e agravamento da espasticidade e dos movimentos dist&oacute;nicos. Se n&atilde;o for tratada, esta situa&ccedil;&atilde;o pode causar sintomas desagrad&aacute;veis, como dor e desconforto ao deglutir os alimentos (19, 23, 24) e, em situa&ccedil;&otilde;es mais graves, manifestar-se como esofagite (25) ou hemat&eacute;mese (17, 24).</p>     <p>Ultimamente tem sido demonstrado que existem alimentos que podem agravar este problema. Assim, os profissionais de sa&uacute;de em geral devem centrar-se nas seguintes mudan&ccedil;as na alimenta&ccedil;&atilde;o para melhoria do RGE (26): privilegiar alimentos de textura suave, evitar o consumo de alimentos e bebidas muito quentes ou frias e que possam contribuir para um quadro de azia, como cafe&iacute;na, bebidas gaseificadas, chocolate, frutas e sumos c&iacute;tricos, alimentos ricos em gordura e muito condimentados e menta (26, 27).</p>     <p><u>Baixo Peso</u></p>     <p>O tipo de suporte alimentar/nutricional vai depender do estado nutricional do indiv&iacute;duo, da sua capacidade de ingerir quantidades adequadas de alimentos e l&iacute;quidos per os e do risco de aspira&ccedil;&atilde;o pulmonar (28).</p>     <p>Sempre que poss&iacute;vel, o tratamento de primeira linha deve envolver suporte nutricional oral, com o objetivo de aumentar o teor de energia, prote&iacute;na e micronutrientes (geralmente, observa-se baixa ingest&atilde;o, assim como baixa concentra&ccedil;&atilde;o sangu&iacute;nea, de c&aacute;lcio, ferro, folato, vitamina C, D, E, do complexo B, magn&eacute;sio, sel&eacute;nio, zinco (29, 30)) de alimentos e l&iacute;quidos consumidos (28, 31). Para tal, deve aumentar-se o n&uacute;mero de refei&ccedil;&otilde;es fornecidas e a densidade energ&eacute;tica das mesmas, limitando, ao m&aacute;ximo, os alimentos processados com baixo valor nutricional.</p>     <p>Infelizmente, a melhoria do estado nutricional em indiv&iacute;duos com d&eacute;fice motor significativo por via oral &eacute; um desafio por si s&oacute; (31). Se n&atilde;o se observar uma melhoria no estado nutricional ap&oacute;s um per&iacute;odo de tempo adequado, a suplementa&ccedil;&atilde;o deve ser considerada. Com recurso a suplementos nutricionais &eacute; poss&iacute;vel aumentar o aporte energ&eacute;tico e/ou proteico, bem como a ingest&atilde;o de micronutrientes, ajudando, desta forma, na recupera&ccedil;&atilde;o de peso e na melhoria do estado nutricional (28). Em PC, &eacute; necess&aacute;rio avaliar a presen&ccedil;a de dificuldades alimentares no momento da escolha de nutri&ccedil;&atilde;o ent&eacute;rica, quer atrav&eacute;s do uso de suplementos acrescentados aos alimentos (sob a forma de p&oacute;s) ou de suplementos orais l&iacute;quidos, para que a suplementa&ccedil;&atilde;o possa ser adaptada &agrave; alimenta&ccedil;&atilde;o, h&aacute;bitos de vida e forma cl&iacute;nica do indiv&iacute;duo.</p>     ]]></body>
<body><![CDATA[<p>Se, apesar do apoio nutricional oral, o ganho de peso continuar a ser insuficiente, em situa&ccedil;&otilde;es mais graves (problemas de mastiga&ccedil;&atilde;o/degluti&ccedil;&atilde;o acentuados, que tornam o momento da refei&ccedil;&atilde;o demasiado prolongado e stressante, elevado risco de engasgamento e aspira&ccedil;&atilde;o de alimentos, podendo conduzir &agrave; exist&ecirc;ncia de infe&ccedil;&otilde;es respirat&oacute;rias), em que o risco de desnutri&ccedil;&atilde;o &eacute; bastante elevado, poder-se-&aacute; equacionar a coloca&ccedil;&atilde;o de uma sonda nasog&aacute;strica ou gastrostomia endosc&oacute;pica percut&acirc;nea (PEG). A op&ccedil;&atilde;o de acesso para a alimenta&ccedil;&atilde;o por sonda depender&aacute; da dura&ccedil;&atilde;o prevista da alimenta&ccedil;&atilde;o e do estado cl&iacute;nico do utente (28). Uma vez que na maioria dos casos se tem de recorrer a um per&iacute;odo de tempo superior de alimenta&ccedil;&atilde;o por sonda, o procedimento mais frequente &eacute; a coloca&ccedil;&atilde;o de PEG. Em caso de impossibilidade de uso de produtos de nutri&ccedil;&atilde;o ent&eacute;rica (que podem ser adquiridos nas farm&aacute;cias, mas que s&atilde;o bastante dispendiosos) na alimenta&ccedil;&atilde;o por sonda, a escolha de uma dieta l&iacute;quida, devidamente adaptada &agrave;s necessidades individuais, pode ser uma boa op&ccedil;&atilde;o, existindo o cuidado de triturar devidamente todos os alimentos de modo a que apresentem uma textura suficientemente fluida para passar na sonda.</p>     <p><u>Excesso</u><u> de Peso</u></p>     <p>Geralmente, o excesso de peso resulta de um desequil&iacute;brio entre a energia ingerida e a energia gasta nas atividades realizadas no dia-a-dia. &Eacute; importante considerar os casos de excesso de peso, normalmente em indiv&iacute;duos cuja gravidade motora da PC &eacute; menor e que s&atilde;o hipot&oacute;nicos (32), que praticam pouco ou nenhum exerc&iacute;cio f&iacute;sico mas que t&ecirc;m uma elevada ingest&atilde;o cal&oacute;rica comparativamente com os gastos energ&eacute;ticos (32, 33). O crescimento at&iacute;pico, as situa&ccedil;&otilde;es de compensa&ccedil;&atilde;o com alimentos de elevada densidade energ&eacute;tica ou ingest&atilde;o alimentar compulsiva s&atilde;o outros dos fatores respons&aacute;veis pelo excesso ponderal.</p>     <p>O excesso de peso poder&aacute; traduzir-se numa defici&ecirc;ncia secund&aacute;ria para indiv&iacute;duos com dificuldades motoras, prejudicando a coordena&ccedil;&atilde;o e desenvolvimento muscular. Enquanto houver crescimento &oacute;sseo poder&atilde;o ocorrer deformidades &oacute;sseas, em muitos casos irrevers&iacute;veis (34).</p>     <p>No caso de pessoas com capacidade de marcha, esta poder&aacute; ser gravemente comprometida devido ao excesso de peso (35, 36).</p>     <p>A alimenta&ccedil;&atilde;o dever&aacute; ser, assim, adaptada &agrave;s reais necessidades energ&eacute;ticas, com aux&iacute;lio de um nutricionista. Habitualmente, est&atilde;o tamb&eacute;m associados diversos erros alimentares (por exemplo, a j&aacute; mencionada elevada ingest&atilde;o de gorduras e a&ccedil;&uacute;cares) e, como tal, deve existir uma preocupa&ccedil;&atilde;o acrescida com a alimenta&ccedil;&atilde;o, por parte do utente ou, em caso de depend&ecirc;ncia, dos seus cuidadores. Sempre que seja poss&iacute;vel, deve aconselhar-se a pr&aacute;tica de exerc&iacute;cio f&iacute;sico adaptado, aliada ao aconselhamento alimentar, para melhores resultados.</p>     <p><b>AN&Aacute;LISE CR&Iacute;TICA</b></p>     <p>A informa&ccedil;&atilde;o existente relativa ao papel da alimenta&ccedil;&atilde;o em PC &eacute;, ainda, escassa, sendo que maior parte dos estudos realizados tem como popula&ccedil;&atilde;o base as crian&ccedil;as/jovens, o que pode estar tamb&eacute;m relacionado com o facto de a esperan&ccedil;a m&eacute;dia de vida ser baixa, embora tenha vindo a aumentar (37-39). Esta realidade exige que mais estudos sejam desenvolvidos para que se possa responder &agrave;s necessidades de toda a popula&ccedil;&atilde;o com PC e, assim, melhorar o seu estado de sa&uacute;de e a qualidade de vida destes indiv&iacute;duos e das suas fam&iacute;lias.</p>     <p>Deste modo, o presente trabalho procura uniformizar, de acordo com a informa&ccedil;&atilde;o dispon&iacute;vel e a pr&aacute;tica cl&iacute;nica, as estrat&eacute;gias aplicadas a n&iacute;vel alimentar/nutricional em PC. No entanto, cada caso &eacute; um caso, dadas as imensas particularidades e varia&ccedil;&otilde;es interindividuais, n&atilde;o se podendo, apesar de tudo, generalizar o tipo de interven&ccedil;&atilde;o e assumir que a sua efic&aacute;cia &eacute; id&ecirc;ntica em todos os indiv&iacute;duos com PC.</p>     <p>Conclus&otilde;es</p>     ]]></body>
<body><![CDATA[<p>A alimenta&ccedil;&atilde;o desempenha um papel decisivo na sa&uacute;de de todos os indiv&iacute;duos, sendo de especial import&acirc;ncia nos que t&ecirc;m PC, pelas manifesta&ccedil;&otilde;es cl&iacute;nicas e nutricionais t&atilde;o distintas e diversas que exigem uma interven&ccedil;&atilde;o alimentar/nutricional espec&iacute;fica e individualizada.</p>     <p>Muitas vezes, por&eacute;m, e por mais adequada que seja esta interven&ccedil;&atilde;o, dada a gravidade da situa&ccedil;&atilde;o cl&iacute;nica, a mesma n&atilde;o se reflete numa melhoria do estado nutricional, contribuindo, no entanto, para uma diminui&ccedil;&atilde;o dos problemas de sa&uacute;de associados e, consequentemente, para a melhoria da qualidade de vida.</p>     <p><b>AGRADECIMENTOS</b></p>     <p>Centro de Reabilita&ccedil;&atilde;o da Associa&ccedil;&atilde;o do Porto de Paralisia Cerebral, Alameda de Cartes, 192, 4300-008 Porto.</p>     <p>&nbsp;</p>     <p><b >REFER&#202;NCIAS BIBLIOGR&#193;FICAS</b>     <!-- ref --><p>1.Colver A, Fairhurst C, Pharoah PO. Cerebral palsy. Lancet. 2014;383(9924):1240-9.    &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[&#160;<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="javascript: window.open('/scielo.php?script=sci_nlinks&ref=1918496&pid=S2183-5985201500040000400001&lng=','','width=640,height=500,resizable=yes,scrollbars=1,menubar=yes,');">Links</a>&#160;]<!-- end-ref --></p>     <!-- ref --><p>2.Oskoui M, Coutinho F, Dykeman J, Jette N, Pringsheim T. An update on the prevalence of cerebral palsy: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Dev Med Child Neurol. 2013;55(6):509-19.    &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[&#160;<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="javascript: window.open('/scielo.php?script=sci_nlinks&ref=1918498&pid=S2183-5985201500040000400002&lng=','','width=640,height=500,resizable=yes,scrollbars=1,menubar=yes,');">Links</a>&#160;]<!-- end-ref --></p>     ]]></body>
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