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Should India Use Commercially Produced Ready to Use Therapeutic Foods (RUTF) for Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM)

Social Medicine, 2009
Globally, nearly 20 million children under five suffer from Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM), a condition which contributes to one million child deaths annually. In India 48% of children under five years of age are stunted and 43 percent are underweight; almost 8 million suffer from SAM. Malnutrition is not a new problem in India, nor is SAM.
Vandana Prasad, Radha Holla, Arun Gupta
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Optimal cut-offs for acute malnutrition (AM) and severe acute malnutrition (SAM) by age group and gender.

, 2016
Optimal cut-offs for acute malnutrition (AM) and severe acute malnutrition (SAM) by age group and gender.
Sophie Whitney (591328), Jacques Berger (170859), Prak Sophonneary (2164972), Arnaud Laillou (170804), Frank T. Wieringa (504033), Marlène Perignon (2164975), Marion Fiorentino (504028), Richard de Groot (591327), Khov Kuong (662861)   +8 more
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Edematous severe acute malnutrition is characterized by hypomethylation of DNA

Nature Communications, 2019
The edematous form of severe acute childhood malnutrition (ESAM) presents with more severe multi-organ dysfunction than non-edematous SAM (NESAM). Here the authors assess genome-wide DNA methylation in buccal cells of SAM children and find that ESAM is ...
Katharina V. Schulze, Shanker Swaminathan, Sharon Howell, Aarti Jajoo, Natasha C. Lie, Orgen Brown, Roa Sadat, Nancy Hall, Liang Zhao, Kwesi Marshall, Thaddaeus May, Marvin E. Reid, Carolyn Taylor-Bryan, Xueqing Wang, John W. Belmont, Yongtao Guan, Mark J. Manary, Indi Trehan, Colin A. McKenzie, Neil A. Hanchard   +19 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Use of Home Fortification Products in Humanitarian Settings: A Scoping Review

Maternal &Child Nutrition, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Home fortification products (HFPs), including multiple micronutrient powders and small‐quantity lipid‐based nutrient supplements, are specialized, nutrient‐filled products added to foods with the aim of filling critical nutrient gaps. Despite their potential, there is limited documentation of the use of HFPs in humanitarian settings.
Jacqueline M. Lauer, Alexandra DeShaw, Isabelle Ward, Davidson H. Hamer, Lindsey M. Locks   +4 more
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Serum Zinc, Copper, Magnesium & Phosphorus Level in Children with Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM).

Mymensingh medical journal : MMJ, 2018
Malnutrition is widely prevalent among hospitalized children in most developing countries including Bangladesh. Though malnutrition accounts for the high rate of under 5 mortality sometimes it is overlooked. Keeping in this in mind A comparative cross sectional study was done in Mymensingh Medical College Hospital from 1st October 2009 to 31st May 2011.
B, Chowdhury, M A, Hoque, M A, Hossain, A M, Chowdhury, M N, Islam, M A, Khaleque, M A, Ali, M R, Khan, R K, Bhuiyan, M M, Hasan, M, Akhtaruzzaman, H, Akhter   +11 more
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Can community health workers manage uncomplicated severe acute malnutrition? A review of operational experiences in delivering severe acute malnutrition treatment through community health platforms

, 2018
Community health workers (CHWs) play an important role in the detection and referral of children with severe acute malnutrition (SAM) in many countries.
Charle-Cuéllar, Pilar, Vargas, Antonio, Guerrero, Saul, López Ejeda, Noemí   +3 more
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Amino Acid Metabolism in Health and Disease

MedComm, Volume 7, Issue 9, September 2026.
This graphical abstract delineates the multifaceted role of amino acid metabolism in health and disease. It illustrates how amino acids sustain physiological homeostasis across the liver, kidney, brain, heart, intestine, muscle, skeleton, and immune system.
Zhiwei Su, Jinyu Liu, Xiaoliang Deng, Yanqun Luo, Haiping Xue, Lei Wang, Lianjun Xing, Tao Wu   +7 more
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The effectiveness of interventions to treat severe acute malnutrition in young children: a systematic review

, 2012
Severe acute malnutrition (SAM) arises as a consequence of a sudden period of food shortage and is associated with loss of a person’s body fat and wasting of their skeletal muscle.
A Takeda, Clegg, Andrew, AJ Clegg, D Hartwell, D Mendes, Mendes, Diana, Takeda, Andrea, J Picot, Hartwell, Debbie, Harris, P., P Harris, Picot, Joanna   +11 more
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Mechanistic Insights Into Hepatotoxicity‐Induced Liver Cirrhosis and Anemia: Iron Dysregulation, the Hepcidin–Ferroportin Axis, and Emerging Therapeutic Strategies

Organ Medicine, Volume 3, Issue 3, Page 171-185, September 2026.
Patients with alcohol‐associated liver cirrhosis or acetaminophen (APAP) toxicity frequently develop anemia with iron metabolism disturbances. Dysregulation of hepcidin–ferroportin signaling, along with inflammation, oxidative stress, hypoxia, impaired intestinal iron absorption, malnutrition, and gastrointestinal bleeding, contributes to anemia ...
Debabrata Dash, Raj Kumar Koiri
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Child play and caregiver support to promote convalescence following severe acute malnutrition in Zimbabwe: The Tamba‐SAM pilot study

Maternal & Child Nutrition
AbstractChildren hospitalised for severe acute malnutrition (SAM) have a high risk of mortality, relapse and rehospitalisation following hospital discharge. Current approaches fail to promote convalescence, or to address the underlying social determinants of SAM, meaning that restoration of long‐term health, growth and neurodevelopment is not achieved.
Jacqueline Kabongo, Louisa Mudawarima, Florence D. Majo, Anesu Dzikiti, Joice Tome, Bernard Chasekwa, Batsirai Mutasa, Lloyd Dzapasi, Epiphania Munetsi, Isabella Cordani, Robert Ntozini, Lisa F. Langhaug, Mutsa Bwakura‐Dangarembizi, Andrew J. Prendergast   +13 more
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