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Underlying Risk Determinants of Acute and Moderate Malnutrition in Children and its Preventive Management

Pharmaceutical and Biosciences Journal, 2021
Nutritional deficiency is a significant public health concern that has serious implications for both health and socioeconomic development in low- and middle-income nations, children <5 years of age who are malnourished are most likely to suffer from severe malnutrition.
Bharti Vishwakarma, null Alka David
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Interactions between fecal gut microbiome, enteric pathogens, and energy regulating hormones among acutely malnourished rural Gambian children

EBioMedicine, 2021
Background: The specific roles that gut microbiota, known pathogens, and host energy-regulating hormones play in the pathogenesis of non-edematous severe acute malnutrition (marasmus SAM) and moderate acute malnutrition (MAM) during outpatient ...
Helen M. Nabwera, Josh L. Espinoza, Archibald Worwui, Modupeh Betts, Catherine Okoi, Abdul K. Sesay, Rowan Bancroft, Schadrac C. Agbla, Sheikh Jarju, Richard S. Bradbury, Mariama Colley, Amadou T. Jallow, Jie Liu, Eric R Houpt, Andrew M. Prentice, Martin Antonio, Robin M Bernstein, Christopher L. Dupont, Brenda A. Kwambana-Adams   +18 more
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Optimising recovery from childhood moderate acute malnutrition: a randomized controlled trial

Abstract Optimising nutritional strategies to improve growth recovery from moderate acute malnutrition (MAM) remains a global priority. We conducted a community-based, open-label, randomised controlled trial in Bangladesh to evaluate whether an enhanced ready-to-use supplementary food (ERUSF), enriched with prebiotics, Long Chain ...
O'Sullivan J, Portlock T, Miller C, Ho D, Pook C, Shennon I, Shama T, Kakon S, Phua Hh, Thorstensen E, Rahman N, Gluckman P, Zeilani M, Forrester T, Haque R, Nelson C.   +15 more
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Intra-household use and acceptability of Ready-to-Use-Supplementary-Foods distributed in Niger between July and December 2010. [PDF]

, 2012
Few studies have looked at consumption of Ready-to-Use-Supplementary-Foods (RUSFs) during a nutritional emergency. Here, we describe the use and acceptability of RUSF within households in four districts of the region of Maradi, Niger during large scale ...
Adu-Afarwuah, Adu-Afarwuah, Black, Caroline Marquer, Ciliberto, Curtis, Céline Langendorf, Defourny, Denzin Norman, Dossou, Flax, Flax, Flax, Franck Ale, Galpin, Isanaka, Isanaka, Kevin Phelan, Kuusipalo, Lapidus, Mahamane L. Manzo, Manary, Matilsky, Nackers, Patel, Phuka, Rebecca F. Grais, Sandige, Sandra Cohuet, Susan Shepherd, Valérie Captier   +30 more
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Nutrition outcomes of HIV-infected malnourished adults treated with ready-to-use therapeutic food in sub-Saharan Africa: a longitudinal study. [PDF]

, 2011
: BACKGROUND: Among people living with HIV/AIDS, nutritional support is increasingly recognized as a critical part of the essential package of care, especially for patients in sub-Saharan Africa.
Ahoua, L, Umutoni, C, Huerga, H, Minetti, A, Szumilin, E, Balkan, S, Olson, D M, Nicholas, S, Pujades-Rodriguez, M   +8 more
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A multicenter, randomized controlled comparison of three renutrition strategies for the management of moderate acute malnutrition among children aged from 6 to 24 months (the MALINEA project)

Trials, 2018
Background The aim of this open-label, randomized controlled trial conducted in four African countries (Madagascar, Niger, Central African Republic, and Senegal) is to compare three strategies of renutrition for moderate acute malnutrition (MAM) in ...
Muriel Vray, Boris G. Hedible, Pierrick Adam, Laura Tondeur, Alexandre Manirazika, Rindra Randremanana, Halima Mainassara, André Briend, Cecile Artaud, Cassandre von Platen, Mathias Altmann, Ronan Jambou   +11 more
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Descriptive Observational Research to Assess the Severity of Malnutrition among Children with Pneumonia and Diarrhoea: Moderate Acute Malnutrition

, 2021
Aim: The severity of malnutrition among children with pneumonia and diarrhoea: moderate acute malnutrition. Methods: This Descriptive observational study conducted in the Department of Paediatrics, Darbhanga Medical College and Hospital, Laheriasarai, Darbhanga, Bihar, India for 10 months.
Nishant, Hemant Kumar Thakur
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Excipient Emulsion–Based Delivery Systems for Enhancing Carotenoid Bioavailability: Advances in Formulation and Gastrointestinal Fate

AgriFood: Journal of Agricultural Products for Food, EarlyView.
Excipient emulsion systems improve carotenoid solubilization, protect against degradation, and enhance gastrointestinal absorption through optimized formulation and digestion behavior. ABSTRACT Carotenoids are bioactive compounds that contribute to human health through antioxidant, provitamin A, and disease‐preventive effects.
Tugce Ceyhan, Elifsu Nemli, Esra Capanoglu, Merve Tomas   +3 more
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Low Dose Daily Iron Supplementation Improves Iron Status and Appetite but not Anemia, Whereas Quarterly Anthelminthic Treatment Improves Growth, Appetite and Anemia in Zanzibari Preschool Children. [PDF]

, 2004
Iron deficiency and helminth infections are two common conditions of children in developing countries. The consequences of helminth infection in young children are not well described, and the efficacy of low dose iron supplementation is not well ...
Adam, Albonico, Albonico, Antonio Montresor, Brown, Caulfield, Crompton, Davis, de Andraca, Dickson, Diggle, Donnen, Freij, Greenberg, Gupta, Gupta, Hababu M. Chway, Idjradinata, James M. Tielsch, Jape Khatib Jape, Jelkmann, Kloetzel, Lackritz, Langhans, Levin, Lorenzo Savioli, Lozoff, Marco Albonico, Menendez, Montresor, National Research Council, Nelson, Pelletier, Pinero, Plata-Salaman, Rebecca J. Stoltzfus, Reeds, Rosenberg, Rousham, Savioli, Schultz, Smith, Solomons, Stoltzfus, Stoltzfus, Stoltzfus, Stoltzfus, Thein-Hlaing, Trape, Verhoef, Warren, Willett, World Health Organization, World Health Organization Expert Committee   +53 more
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Rethinking Perioperative Corticosteroids in Esophageal Cancer Surgery: Evidence From an Integrative Meta‐Analysis

Annals of Gastroenterological Surgery, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Esophagectomy remains a highly invasive procedure associated with substantial postoperative morbidity. Pulmonary complications, anastomotic leakage, and in‐hospital mortality are of particular concern. Perioperative corticosteroids are often administered to attenuate excessive inflammatory responses; however, the clinical impact in ...
Tomohiko Yasuda, Akihisa Matsuda, Nobutoshi Hagiwara, Yoshiharu Nakamura, Hiroshi Yoshida   +4 more
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