Table 2.

Factors identifying a high risk for undernourishment and overnourishment.

High Risk Factors for Undernourishment	High Risk Factors for Overnourishment
Solid tumors with advanced stages at diagnosis	Total body or abdominal or cranial irradiation
Ewing sarcoma	Craniopharyngioma
Medulloblastoma and other high grade brain tumors	Administration of prolonged corticosteroid therapy or other drugs increasing body fat stores
Diencephalic tumors
Head and neck tumors
Age < 2 months
Relapsed disease
Administration of highly emetogenic regimens
Administration of regimens associated with severe gastrointestinal complications, such as constipation, diarrhea, loss of appetite, mucositis, or enterocolitis
Administration of radiation to the oropharynx, esophagus, or abdomen
Post-surgical complications, such as prolonged ileus or short gut syndrome
Stem cell transplantation with myeloablative conditioning regimens