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Integrating acute malnutrition interventions into national health systems: lessons from Niger

BMC Public Health, 2016
Background Since 2007, integrated care of acute malnutrition has been promoted in Niger, a country affected by high burden of disease. This policy change aimed at strengthening capacity and ownership to manage the condition.
Hedwig Deconinck, Mahaman Hallarou, Bart Criel, Philippe Donnen, Jean Macq   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Sleep Health in Bulimia Nervosa: A Systematic Review

European Eating Disorders Review, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Research on sleep in bulimia nervosa (BN) is methodologically varied and yields inconsistent findings. This review synthesised BN‐sleep studies and examined whether comorbid mood disorders contribute to sleep disturbance. Method PsycINFO, Medline (Ovid), and Scopus were searched for English or French quantitative studies comparing ...
Samantha Kenny, Malka Hershon, Linda Booij, Rebecca Burdayron, Marie‐Hélène Pennestri   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Learning to Be Kind to Me: A Compassion‐Focused Group for Adolescents With Anorexia Nervosa

European Eating Disorders Review, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Anorexia nervosa (AN) is often characterised by high levels of shame and self‐criticism. Compassion‐Focused Therapy (CFT) is a transdiagnostic intervention targeting these emotional vulnerabilities, yet its application in adolescent eating disorder services remains underexplored.
Talia Drew, Pamela Fox, Charlotte Waton, Isobel Hyatt, Julian Baudinet   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Unraveling the Link between Malnutrition and Adverse Clinical Outcomes: Association of Acute and Chronic Malnutrition Measures with Blood Biomarkers from Different Pathophysiological States. [PDF]

, 2016
BACKGROUND AND AIMS Malnutrition is associated with poor clinical outcomes. Whether there is a causal relationship or it merely mirrors a severe patient condition remains unclear.
Felder, S., Mueller, B., Stanga, Zeno, Prasad Kulkarni, Faessler, L., Deborah Steiner, Stanga, Z., Andreas Huber, Mueller, Beat, Kulkarni, P., Philipp Schuetz, Huber, Andreas, Nina Braun, Steiner, Deborah, Steiner, D., Braun, Nina, Haubitz, Sebastian, Svenja Laukemann, Susan Felder, Faessler, Lukas, Laukemann, Svenja, Schuetz, Philipp, Beat Mueller, Kutz, Alexander, Braun, N., Kulkarni, Prasad, Haubitz, S., Schuetz, P., Felder, Susan, Zeno Stanga, Lukas Faessler, Sebastian Haubitz, Laukemann, S., Huber, A., Alexander Kutz, Kutz, A.   +35 more
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Psychopharmacological Prescribing Patterns Among Italian Adolescents With Anorexia Nervosa: Exploring Real‐World Treatment Practices

European Eating Disorders Review, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective To investigate real‐world psychopharmacological prescribing patterns among Italian adolescents with anorexia nervosa (AN) compared with psychiatric controls without eating disorders, and to examine whether AN diagnosis independently predicts medication use after accounting for psychiatric comorbidities.
Marika Orlandi, Arianna Vecchio, Giulia Andorno, Maria Pia Riccio, Cinzia Crispino, Martina Maria Mensi   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Combating Malnutrition : Time to Act

, 2003
Nutrition has been sidelined for too long. Reducing malnutrition is central to reducing poverty. Malnutrition is implicated in half of all child deaths, and causes much illness and cognitive underdevelopment. As the
McLachlan, Milla, Shrimpton, Roger, Gillespie, Stuart   +2 more
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Turning the TIDE: Paediatric Provider Perspectives on Implementing a Transition Intervention for Eating Disorders

European Eating Disorders Review, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective This qualitative study aimed to explore paediatric providers' perspectives on the acceptability, feasibility, and appropriateness of the Transition Intervention for Eating Disorders (TIDE) within existing specialised paediatric eating disorder (ED) programs to inform its refinement and implementation in real‐world clinical settings ...
Maria Nicula, Melissa Kimber, Khrista Boylan, Jennifer Couturier   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Predictors of neurodevelopment outcomes among children under 5 years old in Nairobi informal settlements

Frontiers in Neuroscience
BackgroundA child’s early years of life are a critical period for brain development, and malnutrition at this stage is associated with irreversible developmental delays. Developmental delays can be affected by maternal, child, and household factors. This
Patrick Amboka, Margaret Nampijja, Peninah Masibo, Peninah Masibo   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Microvascular Abnormalities in Adolescents With Anorexia Nervosa: Nailfold Video Capillaroscopic Evidence at Acute and Remission States

European Eating Disorders Review, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Chronic malnutrition, hypothermia, and hormonal imbalance in anorexia nervosa (AN) may impair capillary structure and perfusion. This study aimed to describe the nailfold videocapillaroscopy (NVC) findings in adolescents with AN and atypical AN (AAN), to assess their association with Raynaud's phenomenon (RP), and evaluate ...
Muserref Kasap‐Cuceoglu, Melis Pehlivanturk‐Kizilkan, Erdal Sag, Seher Sener, Zeynep Balik, Sinem Akgul, Orhan Derman, Yelda Bilginer, Nuray Kanbur, Seza Özen   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Poverty and malnutrition in urban sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic review [PDF]

, 2009
Poverty contributes to many problems globally and its resultant effects are many,, varied and have their greatest impact in poor countries. One of the major effects of poverty is malnutrition, which has a hold on all facets of life due to the vicious ...
Muriuki, Mercy S. N.
core   +2 more sources