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Assessment of nutrition and learning skills in children aged 5–11 years old from two elementary schools in Chocó, Colombia

Heliyon, 2020
Background: Malnutrition has been identified as a factor in growth and learning. The current study aimed to determine the nutritional status and basic learning skills of children from Chocó, Colombia.
Juan Sebastián Botero-Meneses, Paula Andrea Aguilera-Otalvaro, Iván Pradilla, Claudia Talero-Gutiérrez, Ángela María Ruiz-Sternberg, Alberto Vélez-van-Meerbeke, Angela María Pinzón-Rondón   +6 more
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Malnutrition, learning, and intelligence. [PDF]

American Journal of Public Health, 1972
A survey of the evidence shows that some degrees of malnutrition is relatively widespread among poor children. However, the effects of inadequate nutrition on growth and mental development depend to a large extent on the severity, the timing (pre and postnatal), and the duration of the nutritional deprivation.
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Multivariate random forest prediction of poverty and malnutrition prevalence.

PLoS ONE, 2021
Advances in remote sensing and machine learning enable increasingly accurate, inexpensive, and timely estimation of poverty and malnutrition indicators to guide development and humanitarian agencies' programming.
Chris Browne, David S Matteson, Linden McBride, Leiqiu Hu, Yanyan Liu, Ying Sun, Jiaming Wen, Christopher B Barrett   +7 more
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Effects of early protein malnutrition on learning in the rat [PDF]

Bulletin of the Psychonomic Society, 1980
Animals were reared on a diet of commercially available corn grits from weaning to approximately 120 days of age. Littermate controls were fed Purina Laboratory Chow. The subjects’ learning ability was tested in a two-way active avoidance task and a black-white visual discrimination task. The grits-fed animals did not develop physically and remained as
N. R. Remley, D. R. Armstrong, D. P. Gilman, L. F. Mercer   +3 more
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How a Malnutrition Quality Improvement Initiative Furthers Malnutrition Measurement and Care: Results From a Hospital Learning Collaborative [PDF]

Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition, 2020
AbstractBackgroundMalnutrition in hospitalized patients can adversely affect health outcomes and increase the cost of care. Real‐world strategies are needed for prompt identification and treatment of patients at risk of malnutrition.ObjectivesThe aim of this quality improvement (QI) study was to measure the impact of a nutrition‐focused program on the ...
Angel F. Valladares, Karl M. Kilgore, Jamie Partridge, Suela Sulo, Kirk W. Kerr, Sharon McCauley   +5 more
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Investigate the risk factors of stunting, wasting, and underweight among under-five Bangladeshi children and its prediction based on machine learning approach.

PLoS ONE, 2021
AimsMalnutrition is a major health issue among Bangladeshi under-five (U5) children. Children are malnourished if the calories and proteins they take through their diet are not sufficient for their growth and maintenance.
S M Jubaidur Rahman, N A M Faisal Ahmed, Md Menhazul Abedin, Benojir Ahammed, Mohammad Ali, Md Jahanur Rahman, Md Maniruzzaman   +6 more
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Exploring the association between early childhood caries, malnutrition, and anemia by machine learning algorithm

Journal of Indian Society of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry
Objective: The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence of early childhood caries in children with severe acute malnutrition (SAM) and also the hierarchy of association if any with malnutrition, anemia, and other risk factors with ECC ...
K Fasna, Saima Yunus Khan, Ayesha Ahmad, Manoj Kumar Sharm   +3 more
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Malnutrition matters: Association of stunting and underweight with early childhood development indicators in Nepal

Maternal and Child Nutrition, 2022
Malnutrition is a threat to optimal child development, with its occurrence during foetal and infancy stages associated with poor cognitive, motor and socio‐emotional skills.
Manisha L. Shrestha, Kelly E. Perry, Basant Thapa, Ramesh P. Adhikari, Amy Weissman   +4 more
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Artificial intelligence driven malnutrition diagnostic model for patients with acute abdomen based on GLIM criteria: a cross-sectional research protocol

BMJ Open
Background Patients with acute abdomen often experience reduced voluntary intake and a hypermetabolic process, leading to a high occurrence of malnutrition.
Yu Wang, Lu Wang, Hua Jiang, Wei Ma, Bin Cai, Ming-Wei Sun, Charles Damien Lu   +6 more
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The influence of the China GLIM standards on the diagnosis of malnutrition in patients with hematopoietic stem cell transplant

Frontiers in Nutrition, 2023
BackgroundThe muscle-related indicator is removed from Global Leadership Initiative on Malnutrition (GLIM) criteria implemented in China for many reasons.
Feng Guo, Liu Min, Li Chengyuan, Liu Hong, Wang Meng, Tang Chenyi, Wu Jinru, Wu Wei, Liu Hua   +8 more
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