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Relation of childhood diarrheal morbidity with the type of tube well used and associated factors of Shigella sonnei diarrhea in rural Bangladesh site of the Global Enteric Multicenter Study

Tropical Medicine and Health, 2019
Background Diarrheal disease still remains a major public health threat and is often associated with fatal outcome especially in children with shigellosis mostly in developing countries.
Yasmin Jahan, Michiko Moriyama, Soroar Hossain, Md. Moshiur Rahman, Farzana Ferdous, Shahnawaz Ahmed, Sumon Kumar Das, Md. Iqbal Hossain, Abu Syed Golam Faruque, Tahmeed Ahmed, Mohammod Jobayer Chisti   +10 more
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Impact of an interdisciplinary malnutrition quality improvement project at a large metropolitan hospital

BMJ Open Quality, 2020
As many as 50% of hospitalised patients are estimated to be malnourished or at risk of malnutrition on hospital admission, but this condition often goes unrecognised, undiagnosed and untreated.
Kelsey Jones Pratt, Beverly Hernandez, Robert Blancato, Jeanne Blankenship, Kristi Mitchell   +4 more
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Malnutrition in Obesity: Is It Possible?

Obesity Facts, 2021
Background: The World Health Organization (WHO) classifies malnutrition as the biggest threat to public health worldwide, and this condition is observed in 20–60% of hospitalized patients.
Milena Kobylińska, K. Antosik, Agnieszka Decyk, K. Kurowska   +3 more
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Sarcopenia as a Robust Predictor of Readmission within 6 Months among Individuals Experiencing Acute Stroke [PDF]

Annals of Geriatric Medicine and Research
Background Sarcopenia negatively affects the short-term prognosis of hospitalized older adults. However, no evidence currently supports a direct relationship between sarcopenia and readmission among individuals who have experienced an acute stroke ...
Takafumi Abe, Yoshihiro Yoshimura, Yoichi Sato, Fumihiko Nagano, Ayaka Matsumoto   +4 more
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Geoadditive Latent Variable Modelling of Child Morbidity and Malnutrition in Nigeria [PDF]

, 2008
Investigating the impact of important risk factors and geographical location on child morbidity and malnutrition is of high relevance for developing countries. Previous research has usually carried out separate regression analyses for certain diseases or
Fahrmeir, Ludwig, Khatab, Khaled
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Nutritional Laboratory Markers in Malnutrition

Journal of Clinical Medicine, 2019
Serum visceral proteins such as albumin and prealbumin have traditionally been used as markers of the nutritional status of patients. Prealbumin is nowadays often preferred over albumin due to its shorter half live, reflecting more rapid changes of the ...
U. Keller
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Severe malnutrition or famine exposure in childhood and cardiometabolic non-communicable disease later in life: a systematic review

BMJ Global Health, 2021
Introduction Child malnutrition (undernutrition) and adult non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are major global public health problems. While convincing evidence links prenatal malnutrition with increased risk of NCDs, less is known about the long-term ...
Kelsey Grey, G. Gonzales, Mubarek Abera, N. Lelijveld, D. Thompson, M. Berhane, A. Abdissa, T. Girma, Marko Kerac   +8 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Sarcopenic Obesity Defined by Japanese Working Group on Sarcopenic Obesity in Post-Stroke Inpatients: Prevalence and Clinical Implications [PDF]

Annals of Geriatric Medicine and Research
Background Sarcopenic obesity (SO) is characterized by the coexistence of sarcopenia and obesity, associated with adverse health outcomes. This study aimed to investigate the prevalence of SO as defined by the recently published Japanese Working Group on
Ayaka Matsumoto, Yoshihiro Yoshimura, Hidetaka Wakabayashi, Fumihiko Nagano, Sayuri Shimazu, Yoshifumi Kido, Ai Shiraishi, Takenori Hamada, Kouki Yoneda, Takahiro Bise, Aomi Kuzuhara   +10 more
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The Intertwined Relationship Between Malnutrition and Poverty

Frontiers in Public Health, 2020
Despite social and economic development, the burden of malnutrition across the globe remains unacceptably high. A vital relationship exists between nutritional status, human capital, and economic standing. Malnutrition adversely affects the physiological
Faareha A Siddiqui, Rehana A Salam, Z. Lassi, Jai K. Das   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Malnutrition and Gut Microbiota in Children

Nutrients, 2021
Malnutrition continues to threaten the lives of millions across the world, with children being hardest hit. Although inadequate access to food and infectious disease are the primary causes of childhood malnutrition, the gut microbiota may also contribute.
Ishawu Iddrisu, A. Monteagudo-Mera, C. Poveda, Simone Pyle, Muhammad Shahzad, Simon C Andrews, G. Walton   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source