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Malnutrition among hospitalized children 12–59 months of age in Abyan and Lahj Governorates / Yemen

BMC Nutrition, 2022
Background The analysis of acute malnutrition in 2018 for the Integrated Phase Classification of Food Security in Yemen shows that high malnutrition rates are present in Abyan governorate (23%) and Lahj governorate (21%).
Ali Ahmed Al-Waleedi, Abdulla Salem Bin-Ghouth   +1 more
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STUDY OF FEEDING PRACTICES IN CHILDREN WITH SEVERE ACUTE MALNUTRITION (SAM) OF MUMBAI, MAHARASHTRAAGED 9 – 24 MONTHS

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH, 2020
BACKGROUND: Malnutrition is a public health concern in India. Suboptimal feeding practices reflect the development of severe acute malnutrition in children. The purpose of the study was to determine the feeding practices in children with severe acute malnutrition (SAM) aged 9 – 24 months.
Megha Kapoor, Jagmeet Madan, Alka Jadhav, Nisha Bellare   +3 more
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Prevalence of severe acute malnutrition among 6-59 months children from community-based SAM management program in Dungarpur district of southern Rajasthan: diving deeper through study of block-wise prevalence

International Journal of Contemporary Pediatrics, 2023
Background: Acute malnutrition (severe and moderate) is a major public health problem in India and especially Rajasthan. National family health surveys now provide prevalence of SAM children till district level but there’s an undenying need for data at ...
R. Suman, Madhusudan Singh Tomar, K. Agrawal, S. Dangi, M. Yadav, Minakshi Singh, Vanita Dutta, Shiv Chauhan, Sheela Rameshwar, Rajnish Chordia, B. S. Yadav   +10 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Percent Fat Mass Increases with Recovery, But Does Not Vary According to Dietary Therapy in Young Malian Children Treated for Moderate Acute Malnutrition. [PDF]

, 2019
BackgroundModerate acute malnutrition (MAM) affects 34.1 million children globally. Treatment effectiveness is generally determined by the amount and rate of weight gain.
Ackatia-Armah, Arsenault, Bahwere, Black, Boutton, Brown, Brozek, Butte, Butte, Christine M McDonald, Christopher P Duggan, de Onis, Dicko, Fabiansen, Fabiansen, Fjeld, Fomon, Global Nutrition Cluster: MAM Task Force, Golden, Golden, Kabir, Kenneth H Brown, Ministère de la Santé République du Mali, National Agricultural Library, Radhakrishna, Robert S Ackatia-Armah, Roland Kupka, Seydou Doumbia, Skau, UNICEF, UNICEF, UNICEF/WHO/World Bank Group, Wells, WHO, WHO/UNICEF   +34 more
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Determinants of severe acute malnutrition among under five children in rural Enebsie Sarmidr District, East Gojjam Zone, North West Ethiopia, 2016

BMC Nutrition, 2018
Background Severe acute malnutrition is one of the major public health problems in developing countries having a devastating effect on the lives of many children under 5 years of age. In Ethiopia, there has been isolated studies conducted on malnutrition
Abate Awoke, Mulatu Ayana, Tenaw Gualu
doaj   +1 more source

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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Optimal screening of children with acute malnutrition requires a change in current WHO guidelines as MUAC and WHZ identify different patient groups. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2014
Timely treatment of acute malnutrition in children 500,000 deaths annually. Screening at community level is essential to identify children with malnutrition.
Arnaud Laillou, Sophonneary Prak, Richard de Groot, Sophie Whitney, Joel Conkle, Lindsey Horton, Sam Oeurn Un, Marjoleine A Dijkhuizen, Frank T Wieringa   +8 more
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Household-level factors associated with relapse following discharge from treatment for moderate acute malnutrition [PDF]

, 2018
Factors associated with relapse among children who are discharged after reaching a threshold denoted ‘recovered’ from moderate acute malnutrition (MAM) are not well understood.
Maleta, Kenneth M, Manary, Mark J, Rogers, Beatrice L, Rosenberg, Irwin H, Stobaugh, Heather C, Thakwalakwa, Chrissie, Trehan, Indi, Webb, Patrick   +7 more
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Treatment Outcome of Severe Acute Malnutrition and Its Determinants among Pediatric Patients in West Ethiopia

International Journal of Pediatrics, 2018
Background. Malnutrition is a silent killer that is underreported, underaddressed, and as a result underprioritized. It is reported that severe acute malnutrition is the commonest reason for pediatrics hospital admission in many poor countries; 25 to 30%
Muluken Berhanu Mena, Mohammed Gebre Dedefo, Bruke Berhanu Billoro   +2 more
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Cardiac changes in children hospitalized with severe acute malnutrition: A prospective study at tertiary care center of northern India

Indian Heart Journal, 2019
Severe acute malnutrition (SAM) may affect cardiac structure and function. Cardiac changes in sick children with SAM have received little attention in the literature.
Dharmendra Jain, Sunil Kumar Rao, Dhilip Kumar, Ashok Kumar, Bhupendra Kumar Sihag   +4 more
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