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Fatores associados à interrupção precoce do aleitamento materno exclusivo e à introdução tardia da alimentação complementar no centro-oeste brasileiro Risk factors for early interruption of exclusive breastfeeding and late introduction of complementary foods among infants in midwestern Brazil

Jornal de Pediatria, 2006
OBJETIVO: Identificar fatores associados à interrupção precoce (antes dos 4 meses) do aleitamento materno exclusivo e à introdução tardia (após os 8 meses) de alimentos complementares.
Gisela S. Brunken, Solanyara M. Silva, Giovanny V. A. França, Maria M. Escuder, Sonia I. Venâncio   +4 more
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An algorithm to assess methodological quality of nutrition and mortality cross-sectional surveys: development and application to surveys conducted in Darfur, Sudan

Population Health Metrics, 2011
Background Nutrition and mortality surveys are the main tools whereby evidence on the health status of populations affected by disasters and armed conflict is quantified and monitored over time.
Prudhon Claudine, de Radiguès Xavier, Dale Nancy, Checchi Francesco   +3 more
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The Southeast Asian Nutrition Surveys [PDF]

Asia Pacific Journal of Public Health, 2016
Various challenges stand in the way of countries in Southeast Asia attempting to tackle the double burden of nutritional deficiencies as well as excesses. Adequate financial and human resources are major obstacles to the implementation of effective intervention programs.
Paul, Deurenberg, Tee E, Siong
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Convenience stores: an obesogenic promoter in a metropolitan area of northern Mexico?

Frontiers in Nutrition
IntroductionThe prevalence of obesity in the Mexican school-age (5–11 years old) population increased from 8.9 to 18.1% between 1999 and 2022. Although overweight and obesity (OW + Ob) is a complex and multifactorial phenomenon, alongside its increasing ...
Marco Antonio Ávila Arcos, Teresa Shamah Levy, Marti Yareli Del Monte Vega, Adolfo Chávez Villasana, Abelardo Ávila Curiel   +4 more
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ASSESSMENT OF NUTRITIONAL STATUS OF PRIMARY SCHOOLS PUPILS IN MOSUL CITY [PDF]

Mesopotamia Journal of Agriculture, 2005
For a period of nine months (October 2003-June 2004), 927 pupils of primary schools, (males and females) in Mosul City were assessed for their nutritional status using nutritional methods and measurements including nutritional history, physical ...
Bayda A. Yahya
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The benefits and risks of short-term diet changes on the example of the use a 5-week long lactoovovegetarian diet. Analysis of 7-day nutritional surveys of women – preliminary study

Journal of Medical Science, 2015
Aim. Due to more frequent incidence of diet related diseases, alternative methods of nutrition become more popular. The aim of this paper is to determine the degree of balance of a short-term lactoovovegetarian diet followed by those who do not have any ...
Łucja Czyżewska-Majchrzak, Roma Krzymińska-Siemaszko, Marta Pelczyńska, Henryk Witmanowski   +3 more
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Association between socioeconomic and biological factors and infant weight gain: Brazilian Demographic and Health Survey – PNDS‐2006/07

Jornal de Pediatria (Versão em Português), 2015
Objective: To examine the associations between socioeconomic and biological factors and infant weight gain. Methods: All infants (0‐23 months of age) with available birth and postnatal weight data (n = 1763) were selected from the last nationally ...
Jonas Augusto C. Silveira, Fernando Antônio B. Colugnati, Ana Paula Poblacion, José Augusto A.C. Taddei   +3 more
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A prática da amamentação no município de Paulínia, Estado de São Paulo, Brasil Breastfeeding in the town of Paulinia, S. Paulo State (Brazil)

Revista de Saúde Pública, 1982
Em 1977 foi realizado um inquérito no município de Paulínia, Estado de São Paulo (Brasil), com a finalidade de se estudar o aleitamento materno das crianças de até dois anos de idade.
Ellen E. Hardy, Regina Sarmento, Martha Gushiken, Ronaldo Araki, José Martins Filho   +4 more
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The Role of Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation in Ataxia‐Telangiectasia

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Ataxia‐telangiectasia (A‐T) is a DNA repair disorder characterized by neurodegeneration, immunodeficiency, and cancer predisposition. Hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) is an established therapy in related disorders such as Fanconi anemia (FA) and Nijmegen breakage syndrome (NBS), but its role in A‐T is unclear.
Laila Alkhouli, Seth Rotz, Masatoshi Takagi, Richa Sharma   +3 more
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Anthropometric assessment of children’s nutritional status: a new approach based on an adaptation of Waterlow’s classification

BMC Pediatrics, 2020
Background The methodology currently used for nutritional assessment of populations classifies children according to four conditions: eutrophy, wasting, stunting, and overweight. However, children can be stunted and wasted concomitantly.
Haroldo da Silva Ferreira
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