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Tackling malnutrition in Latin America and the Caribbean: challenges and opportunities

Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública
Undernutrition and micronutrient deficiencies are still a public health problem in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), and overweight and obesity have reached epidemic proportions.
Luis Galicia, Daniel López de Romaña, Kimberly B. Harding, Luz María De-Regil, Rubén Grajeda   +4 more
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Strategies for control of micronutrient malnutrition.

The Indian journal of medical research, 1996
Micronutrient malnutrition, particularly vitamin A deficiency (VAD), iron deficiency anaemia (IDA) and iodine deficiency disorders (IDD), poses a serious threat to the health of vulnerable segments of population. Dietary Inadequacy is the primary cause of VAD and IDA, while poor iodine content of soil and water due to environmental iodine deficiency is
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Current perspectives on malnutrition and immunomodulators bridging nutritional deficiencies and immune health

Future Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Background Malnutrition is still one of the most serious and prevalent worldwide health problems, especially found in low- and middle-income countries, which impairs immune functions and increases susceptibility to infection.
Ashish Majumdar, Surendra Kumar Saraf, Chandrashekhar Sahu, Khushboo Verma, Priyanka Vishwakarma   +4 more
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Biofortification of black chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) through plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria: enhancing nutritional and bioactive compounds

Notulae Botanicae Horti Agrobotanici Cluj-Napoca
The chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.), often called the “poor man’s meat”, is a legume with remarkable nutritional value. Recently, its recognition as a functional food has grown, owing to its ability to improve human nutrition and reduce disease risk. This
Hilal YILMAZ
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Nutritional status of school‐age children (5–19 years) in South Asia: A scoping review

Maternal and Child Nutrition
Information on malnutrition for school‐age children and adolescents (5–19 years) in South Asia is fragmented and inconsistent, which limits the prioritization of nutrition policies, programmes and research for this age group. This scoping review aimed to
Tashi Choedon, Eilise Brennan, William Joe, Natasha Lelijveld, Oliver Huse, Christina Zorbas, Kathryn Backholer, Zivai Murira, Stephanie V. Wrottesley, Vani Sethi   +9 more
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Double and triple burden of malnutrition and the role of geo-socio-ecological factors in Ethiopia: a bayesian geostatistical analysis

BMC Public Health
Background Developing countries face a nutrition transition, leading to a double or triple burden of malnutrition. In Ethiopia, the extent and socioecological drivers of this burden remain understudied. This study aims to analyze the spatial distribution
Getenet Dessie, Jinhu Li, Son Nghiem, Tinh Doan   +3 more
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Prevention and control of micronutrient deficiencies in developing countries: current perspectives

Nutrition and Dietary Supplements, 2014
Cristiana Berti,1 Mieke Faber,2 Cornelius M Smuts11Centre for Excellence in Nutrition, North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa; 2Non-communicable Diseases Research Unit, South African Medical Research Council, Tygerberg, South AfricaAbstract ...
Berti C, Faber M, Smuts CM
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Biofortification as a sustainable strategy to address micronutrient malnutrition in South Asia. [PDF]

J Health Popul Nutr
VijayaKumar A, Syed I, Dhulipalla H, Ghosh P, Srinivasan LV, Ahmad F, Rana SS, Singh V.   +7 more
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Nutritional frailty and sarcopenia risk among older Somali refugee returnees: an overlooked crisis at the intersection of displacement, aging, and food insecurity. [PDF]

J Nutr Health Aging
Hussein MA, Mohamed SA, Khalif IA, Mohamud SZ, Mohamed HA.   +4 more
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Quadruple Burden of Young Child Malnutrition in the Children's Healthy Living Program, United States-Affiliated Pacific. [PDF]

J Nutr
Novotny R, Dela Cruz R, Hammond K, Yamanaka AB, Wilkens LR, Shallcross L, Coleman P, Aflague TF, Fleming T, Deenik J, Butel J.   +10 more
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