Nutritional Care After Discharge in Children Term Born-18years Old

The goal of this stepped wedge cluster randomized trial is to compare nutritional care after discharge to an intervention in children term born - 18 years old discharged with newly initiated nutritional care. The main question it aims to answer is: To investigate whether a tailored nutritional care follow-up program in children who are being discharged from the hospital with nutritional support improves nutritional intake and status as well as feeding behavior and quality of life (QoL) in children and their parents. Furthermore, the effect on parental stress, anxiety, depression, and post-traumatic stress (PTSD) as well as QoL will be assessed with and without a tailored nutritional care follow-up program

Inclusion Criteria: * Children term born neonates till 18 years old * Admitted with newly initiated nutritional support(oral and/or enteral nutritional support) during hospitalization * Nutritional Support continues at home after discharge. Exclusion Criteria: * Children with existing nutritional support upon admission * Children in need of parenteral nutrition at discharge * Children with DSM-5 diagnosed feeding disorders such as anorexia * Absence of written informed consent