STRONGkids (Pediatric Nutritional Risk Screen)
Screens a hospitalized child for nutritional risk with STRONGkids, four questions scored 0 to 5 with a low, moderate or high band.
Open the tool → Runs in your browser. Data leaves only if you deliberately send a problem report from the interactive tool.
Example
- Poor nutritional status on clinical assessment
- Yes
- High risk disease or expected major surgery
- Yes
- Reduced intake or losses
- Yes
- Weight loss or poor weight gain
- No
Result: STRONGkids 4 of 5: high nutritional risk.
The tool opens with these values already filled in. Replace them with your own.
What you enter
- Poor nutritional status on clinical assessment
- High risk disease or expected major surgery
- Reduced intake or losses
- Weight loss or poor weight gain
How this is calculated
Citation
Hulst JM, Zwart H, Hop WC, Joosten KF. Dutch national survey to test the STRONGkids nutritional risk screening tool in hospitalized children. Clin Nutr. 2010;29(1):106-111. Read the sources: Hulst 2010 ↗, Points and bands (2026) ↗
A reference and educational tool. Not medical, legal, or financial advice, and not a substitute for clinician judgment.