Özet:

Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), a progressive muscle wasting disease, is an important neuromuscular disease that occurs due to dystrophin protein deficiency. It is noteworthy that in these patients, problems in functions such as breathing, heart and nutrition increase in advancing age. These problems, which increase with age, increase the risk of obesity and malnutrition and cause the prognosis of the disease to worsen. Although there is no definitive treatment for DMD, in addition to treatment, it is important to protect patients from obesity and malnutrition, and to make dietary changes in line with the presence of nutrition and gastrointestinal problems. Establishing a diet that will help protect muscle integrity in patients with DMD plays an important role in reducing early-onset bone health problems and their negative effects on weight. At the same time, compliance with the applied diet, not only for the patient with DMD, but also for the whole family, will enable the child to get used to and maintain this order more easily. For this reason, nutritional problems in children with DMD should be determined at an early stage and appropriate treatment approaches should be planned, and it would be more appropriate to continue the treatment with a multidisciplinary team.