Assessment of nutritional status in young people with Down syndrome

Abstract

Objective: To describe the importance of the use of specific norms for the evaluation of the nutritional status of young people with DS and their contribution in the quality of life.

Methodology: Documentary records were used to gather information and organize the essay. Scielo and Scopus database and books were used to gather information. The themes were young nutritional status with Dow syndrome and anthropometry.

Conclusion: assess weight, height and relate weight to height, are relevant tools, which serve to assess the nutritional status of young people with DS, for this, it is necessary to use specific references