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No. 07: Rapid Urbanization and the Nutrition Transition in Southern Africa [PDF]

, 2011
The nutrition transition, including the presence of malnutrition and obesity in poor urban populations (the so-called ‘double burden’ of disease), is occurring in Southern Africa in the context of massive rural-urban migration and rapid urbanization ...
Crush, Jonathan, Frayne, Bruce, McLachlan, Milla   +2 more
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The Savage Worlds of Henry Drummond (1851–1897): Science, Racism and Religion in the Work of a Popular Evolutionist

Journal of Religious History, EarlyView.
Abstract The savage was a familiar as well as deeply problematic figure in late‐Victorian literary and scientific imaginaries. Savages provided an unstable but capacious and flexible signifier to explore human development and human difference, most often in ways that followed a disturbing racial logic.
Diarmid A. Finnegan
wiley   +1 more source

Hubungan Keragaman Makanan dan Perkembangan Balita Stunting di Kecamatan Cisayong Kabupaten Tasikmalaya Indonesia

Amerta Nutrition
Latar Belakang: Stunting adalah kekurangan gizi kronis tahun-tahun awal kehidupan. Stunting menyebabkan gangguan pertumbuhan fisik, fungsi kognitif, keterampilan motorik, penurunan kapasitas fisik, dan perkembangan saraf bahkan menurunkan produktivitas ...
Nur Lina, Siti Novianti, Rian Arie Gustaman, Diah Rohmania   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

THE AESTHETICS OF URBAN METABOLISM: Landscape, Design and the Politics of In/Visibility

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract In this article, we chart the evolving aesthetic contours of urban metabolism across London, focusing on the River Lea and Thamesmead to the north and south of the River Thames, respectively. We begin in the nineteenth century, when these two sites formed critical nodes within a new sewerage system that relegated the city’s circulatory flows ...
Ben Platt, Zuhri James
wiley   +1 more source

Analysis of Determinants of Stunting and Identifications of Stunting Risk Profiles Among Under 2-Year-Old Children in Ethiopia. A Latent Class Analysis

Health Services Research & Managerial Epidemiology
Background Childhood stunting has a long-term impact on cognitive development and overall well-being. Understanding varying stunting profiles is crucial for targeted interventions and effective policy-making.
Anteneh Fikrie, Berhanu Adula, Jitu Beka, Dejene Hailu, Cheru Atsmegiorgis Kitabo, Mark Spigt   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Neonatal and Child Growth Monitoring: A Renewed Call for Uptake and Application of International Growth Standards

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics &Gynaecology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective The Guidance for International Growth Standards (GIGS) project aims to improve and promote appropriate application of international growth standards across clinical, research and public health settings. Design A guidance document providing historical and conceptual context to support the appropriate application of international ...
Eric O. Ohuma, Bancy Ngatia, Simon Parker, Sara Strout, Linda Vesel   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Addressing the double burden of malnutrition in Egypt: do conditional cash transfers have a role? [PDF]

, 2009
Many developing countries are undergoing rapid socio-economic changes that impact on health and its social distribution. These changes can occur so rapidly that there is a resulting co-existence of diseases of affluence and diseases of poverty.
Aitsi-Selmi, A., Benova, L., Marmot, M., Sholkamy, H.   +3 more
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Growth Monitoring of Children Under Five Years Using National Reference Charts Versus International Growth Standards, 2007–2023: A Systematic Review

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics &Gynaecology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Growth charts are commonly used for monitoring attained size at a specified age relative to a population average considered to represent expected growth. Objectives To evaluate the impact of the application of international growth charts for children under five on common growth metrics when compared to national reference charts ...
Bancy Ngatia, Linda Vesel, Eric O. Ohuma
wiley   +1 more source

Scenario‐Based Guidance for International Growth Standards (GIGS): For Whom, When, and How to Apply the INTERGROWTH‐21st and WHO Child Growth Standards

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics &Gynaecology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective To demonstrate when, for whom, and how to apply the INTERGROWTH−21st (IG‐21st) and WHO Child Growth Standards (WHO GS) using a scenario‐based approach with illustrations utilising a sub‐set of data from a multi‐country low birthweight infant prospective cohort.
Eric O. Ohuma, Simon R. Parker, Sara Strout, Bancy Ngatia, Linda Vesel   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Genetic engineering for SIT application: a fruit fly‐focused review

Insect Science, EarlyView.
Abstract Sterile insect technique (SIT) has become a key component of efficient pest control. Fruit fly pests from the Drosophilidae and Tephritidae families pose a substantial and overwhelmingly increasing threat to the agricultural industry, aggravated by climate change and globalization among other contributors.
Serafima Davydova, Danheng Yu, Angela Meccariello   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source