{"title":"The health-related benefits and complications of tube-fed blended diet for children and young people.","authors":"K Ujhelyi Gomez, C Ingleby, J Hill","doi":"10.12968/gasn.2025.0021","DOIUrl":"10.12968/gasn.2025.0021","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Research on blended diet for tube-fed children has been identified as a top priority for clinicians and families due to its growing popularity.</p><p><strong>Aim: </strong>This article evaluates and summarises a systematic review that examined the benefits and complications of using blended diet in children and young people and expand upon its findings in the context of current evidence and practice.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The Joanna Briggs Institute Critical Appraisal Checklist was used to critically appraise the review.</p><p><strong>Findings: </strong>Blended diet may have the potential to lead to positive outcomes.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Currently the evidence regarding the benefits and complications of tube-fed blended diet for children and young people is limited and further better-quality research and reporting is needed in the area.</p>","PeriodicalId":521209,"journal":{"name":"Gastrointestinal nursing","volume":"23 6","pages":"244-251"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7618659/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146021240","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}