Introduction: The appropriate digestive control depends of the central and peripheral nervous system integrity. Cerebral Palsy(CP) present postural changes due to injury in the immature brain, and common comorbidities related to the site of injury, including gastrointestinal disorders.
Objectives: To assess the nutritional status and presence of gastrointestinal disorders in patients with CP and to compare with a healthy population. Methodology: Parents who agreed to participate, answered the questionnaires about dietary habits and gastrointestinal. After, we compared CP and healthy population. Results: 339 patients(mean age:116 months) were assessed, 254 PC were males. Motor Function Classification System(GMFCS) 55 were level I, 73 level II, 33 level III, 37 level IV and 56 level V. The mean of Body Mass Index(BMI) was 17.23 on PC group. Control group had 85 health patients(mean age: 109 months) and the BMI was 19.9. The median gestational age(p<0.001), birth weight(p<0.001) and breastfeeding(p=0.01) was lower in CP patients. Constipation was found in 22.7 % of the control group and 48 % of CP patients (p=0.04), more evident on GMFCS level III(p=0.01) and level V(p=0.006). The probability of pain to evacuate was higher in the CP group(p=0.009). Conclusions: Cerebral Palsy patients have lower time of breastfeeding and lower BMI, so, it explains the higher incidence of constipation and the pain to evacuate. To understand those results, the influence of mobility, intake, medications and functional levels should be better study.