Biography:

Assia Elouari, She is 25 years old, Moroccan, married and mother of two children, She is a dietician nutritionist and registered in 2nd year doctorate at Ibn Tofeil University Kénitra. She work on the evaluation of energy expenditure and nutritional status of children with cancer from 3 to 15 years old by the use of nuclear techniques (deuterium). This is a project that is part of a CRP (Coordinate Research Project) with the IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency), this project is part of the national strategy to combat non-communicable Diseases; 2020-2030; led by the Ministry of Health, which includes studies on cancer, in order to reduce its incidence in Morocco Monitoring the nutritional status of children with cancer is a key alternative to implement as soon as treatment is started, in order to improve its effectiveness and reduce its effects on the quality of life of patients. Our study has two main axes: The first will target the monitoring of the nutritional status of Moroccan children with cancer aged 2 to 15 years over a period of 12 months, using the doubly labeled water technique (D 2 and O 18), and targeting the measurement of children's energy expenditure during treatment.