Understanding Appetite Loss in Children with Cancer and How Nutrition Helps
Why do Cancer Patients Lose Appetite? For parents of children with cancer, mealtimes can become one of the hardest parts of the day. The child who once loved their dal chawal or favourite snack now turns away from the plate entirely. Nothing smells right. Everything tastes different. And nothing seems to work. This is one […]
How Nutritionists Help Improve Outcomes in Paediatric Cancer Care
In most hospitals in India, the paediatric oncology ward has an oncologist, a haematologist, nurses, and a pharmacist. What it often doesn’t have, particularly in government and charity hospitals, is a trained paediatric oncology nutritionist. That absence has clinical consequences. And filling it is exactly what Cuddles Foundation has been doing, one hospital at a […]
10 Nutritious Foods That Help Children Stay Strong During Chemotherapy
When 5-year-old Sejal from Nanded arrived in Mumbai for cancer treatment, she barely spoke and barely ate. Diagnosed with B-cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia, she struggled through repeated bouts of mucositis, painful inflammation of the mouth and digestive tract, and neutropenic enterocolitis, a serious inflammation of the intestines caused by low immunity, that left her weaker […]
High-Calorie Foods to Help Children Maintain Weight During Cancer Care
One of the most distressing things a parent can watch during their child’s cancer treatment is the weight falling away. The child who was healthy and full of energy is now thin, pale, and too tired to eat. Every mealtime becomes a battle. Every refused plate of food feels like a setback. This experience is […]
Personalised Dietary Care for Paediatric Cancer Patients: A Key Factor in Survival and Recovery
When Shaurya was first brought to hospital, his mother Jyoti didn’t know where to start. The doctors told her what medicine he needed. Nobody told her what to feed him. It was only when the Cuddles Foundation team stepped in that she felt, for the first time, like someone was truly guiding them. Telling them […]
How Proper Nutrition Improves Cancer Treatment Outcomes in Children
When a child is diagnosed with cancer, the focus immediately goes to treatment. The oncologist, the chemotherapy protocol, the hospital. All of that is right and necessary. But there’s a factor that shapes how well treatment works, how much of it a child can tolerate, and whether they make it through to the other side; […]
How a Childhood Cancer Nutrition NGO Supports Survival, Not Just Treatment
There’s an important difference between keeping a child alive through treatment and giving them a real chance at survival. The difference, more often than not, comes down to nutrition. Most people understand that children with cancer need medical care. Fewer realise that without adequate food and nutrition during that care, treatment itself can become harder […]
How Childhood Cancer NGOs Support Treatment, Nutrition, and Emotional Care
Every year, approximately 76,000 children in India may develop cancer.. It can be hard to imagine that number: 76,000 families, each suddenly navigating a world that has completely changed overnight. And while medical treatment is the obvious first priority, the journey of fighting childhood cancer is about so much more than medicine. It’s about food, […]
Malnutrition in Paediatric Cancer: Nutrition as Care, NGO as Support
The Overlooked Crisis in Paediatric Cancer Care Paediatric cancer treatment is complex, prolonged, and physically demanding. While medical interventions focus on eliminating cancer cells, an equally critical challenge often goes unaddressed paediatric cancer malnutrition. For many children, cancer and its treatment severely compromise nutritional status, directly affecting recovery, treatment tolerance, and survival. In India and […]
The Real Impact of Nutrition Sponsorship on Childhood Cancer Survival
Why Nutrition Matters in Childhood Cancer Childhood cancer treatment is intense and physically demanding. While chemotherapy, radiation, and surgery fight the disease, they also weaken the body, suppress immunity, and dramatically increase nutritional needs. For many children in India, this challenge is compounded by the fact that they begin treatment already undernourished. Malnutrition during cancer […]
