Home-blended gastrostomy-delivered diets can supply similar nutritional intake to commercial formulas in children
Commentary on: Fraser LK, Bedendo A, O’Neill M, et al . Safety, resource use and nutritional content of home-blended diets in children who are gastrostomy fed: findings from ‘YourTube’ – a prospective cohort study. Arch Dis Child. 2023:archdischild-2023–3 26 393. Online ahead of print. Gastrostomy tube feeding is a well-established safe and relatively common way of delivering nutrients to the gastrointestinal tract in individual who cannot use the oral route. In children, there are several indications for using chronic gastrostomy tube feeding, including neurodevelopmental conditions, cardiac problems, metabolic conditions, gastrointestinal diseases and malignancy.1 Nutrients delivered through …