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Associations of physical activity with phase angle in adolescents living with HIV: The moderating and mediating roles of physical fitness

Physiological Reports, Volume 14, Issue 3, February 2026.
The graphical abstract illustrates the association between physical activity levels and cellular health in adolescents living with HIV (ALHIV). Cellular health was assessed using phase angle (PhA), derived from bioelectrical impedance analysis, a marker of cell membrane integrity and body cell mass.
Caio César da Silva Moura Santos, Christefany Régia Braz Costa, Gustavo Gomes de Araujo, Diego Augusto Santos Silva, Analiza Mónica Silva, Luiz Rodrigo Augustemak de Lima   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Combined Protocol for Acute Malnutrition Study (ComPAS) in rural South Sudan and urban Kenya: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

Trials, 2018
Background Acute malnutrition is a continuum condition, but severe and moderate forms are treated separately, with different protocols and therapeutic products, managed by separate United Nations agencies.
Jeanette Bailey, Natasha Lelijveld, Bethany Marron, Pamela Onyoo, Lara S. Ho, Mark Manary, André Briend, Charles Opondo, Marko Kerac   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Prevalence and risk factors of under-five mortality due to severe acute malnutrition in Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Systematic Reviews
Despite a global drop of under-five mortality by 59% between 1990 and 2019, it remains high in Low- and Middle- income Countries (LMICs)with a preponderance in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), Southern and Central Asia.
Joshua Wambua, Anahita Ali, Jean Baptiste Ukwizabigira, P. Kuodi   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Socioeconomic factors associated with severe acute malnutrition in Jamaica.

PLoS ONE, 2017
ObjectivesSevere acute malnutrition (SAM) is an important risk factor for illness and death globally, contributing to more than half of deaths in children worldwide. We hypothesized that SAM is positively correlated to poverty, low educational attainment,
Debbie S Thompson, Novie Younger-Coleman, Parris Lyew-Ayee, Lisa-Gaye Greene, Michael S Boyne, Terrence E Forrester   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Nepal Earthquake Humanitarian Situation Report: Three Months Review [PDF]

, 2015
This report discusses the current humanitarian situation in Nepal. Three months after the two major earthquakes affected 2.8 million Nepalese lives, 1.1 million children are still in need of vital humanitarian assistance.

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Low and deficient niacin status and pellagra are endemic in postwar Angola [PDF]

, 2007
BACKGROUND: Outbreaks of pellagra were documented during the civil war in Angola, but no contemporary data on the incidence of pellagra or the prevalence of niacin deficiency were available.
Cheung, E, Creeke, P I, Dibari, F, Kyroussis, E, Seal, A J, Semedo, P, van den Briel, T   +6 more
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The "ComPAS Trial" combined treatment model for acute malnutrition: study protocol for the economic evaluation. [PDF]

, 2018
BACKGROUND: Acute malnutrition is currently divided into severe (SAM) and moderate (MAM) based on level of wasting. SAM and MAM currently have separate treatment protocols and products, managed by separate international agencies.
Bailey, Jeanette, Haghparast-Bidgoli, Hassan, Lelijveld, Natasha, Mayberry, Amy, N'Diaye, Dieynaba S, Puett, Chloe, Trenouth, Lani   +6 more
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Recovery time and predictors of severe acute malnutrition in children aged 6–59 months via an outpatient therapeutic program in Borena zone: A prospective cohort study

PLoS ONE
Background Severe acute malnutrition (SAM) is a severe condition causing bilateral pitting edema or signs of wasting in children, with a high mortality risk. An outpatient therapeutic program is recommended for managing SAM children without complications,
G. T. Bune, A. Mohammed, Samrawit Hailu, Eden Ashenafi   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Nutrition Paradox: Severe Acute Malnutrition Amidst the Proliferation of Processed Foods in Bilaspur’s Tribal Region in Chhattisgarh, India

Indian Journal of Public Health
Despite India’s overall economic growth and targeted antimalnutrition efforts, certain districts in Chhattisgarh, exhibit high severe acute malnutrition (SAM) rates, at 17.4% in 2022 per NFHS-5 data. We retrospectively studied four SAM-affected children,
Kimberley D’Souza, Naveen Ramesh
doaj   +1 more source

Health-seeking behaviour and community perceptions of childhood undernutrition and a community management of acute malnutrition (CMAM) programme in rural Bihar, India: a qualitative study. [PDF]

, 2015
Objective Since 2009, Médecins Sans Frontières has implemented a community management of acute malnutrition (CMAM) programme in rural Biraul block, Bihar State, India that has admitted over 10 000 severely malnourished children but has struggled with ...
Burtscher, D, Burza, S
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