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Decomposing the gap in childhood undernutrition between poor and non–poor in urban India, 2005–06 [PDF]
, 2013 Despite the growing evidence from other developing countries, intra-urban inequality in childhood undernutrition is poorly researched in India. Additionally, the factors contributing to the poor/non-poor gap in childhood undernutrition have not been ...
Kumar, A., Singh, Aditya
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PLoS Medicine, 2022 BackgroundIndia launched the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) in 2005 to strengthen its primary healthcare system in high-focus and northeast-focus states.
Apurv Soni +6 more
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SAGE Open, 2021 Patients with undernutrition at admission have higher risks to worsen their nutritional status, which is linked to an increase in morbidity and mortality. This study investigated the prevalence of undernutrition at admission and its associated factors. A
Nur Chandra Bunawan +4 more
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Gender Disparities in the Prevalence of Undernutrition and the Higher Risk among the Young Women of Indian Tribes. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2016 BACKGROUND:High undernutrition is a grave concern in India. Marginalized populations like Indian tribes have been under the serious stress of such nutritional extreme. Women, in particular, are the worst sufferers.
Gautam K Kshatriya, Subhendu K Acharya
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Various forms of double burden of malnutrition problems exist in rural Kenya [PDF]
, 2020 Background: The coexistence of overweight/obesity and undernutrition is often referred to as the double burden of malnutrition (DB). DB was shown to exist in many developing countries, especially in urban areas. Much less is known about DB in rural areas
Fongar, A., Gödecke, T., Qaim, M.
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PLoS ONE, 2021 IntroductionMalnutrition is one of the most devastating problems in Ethiopia and is inextricably linked with poverty. Women in the reproductive age group and children are most vulnerable to malnutrition due to low dietary intakes, inequitable ...
Ayenew Kassie Tesema +5 more
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Undernutrition among the children below five years of age in Uganda: a spatial analysis approach
BMC Public Health, 2023 Background Undernutrition is a health condition caused by a lack of enough food intake, not having enough of the right combination of food nutrients, or the body’s failure to utilize the food eaten resulting in either, stunting, being underweight, or ...
Vallence Ngabo Maniragaba +2 more
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Child undernutrition in affluent societies: what are we talking about? [PDF]
, 2012 In this paper we set out to explore the prevalence of child undernutrition found in community studies in affluent societies, but a preliminary literature review revealed that, in the absence of a gold standard method of diagnosis, the prevalence largely ...
Ada L. Garcia +6 more
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Postnatal origins of undernutrition. [PDF]
, 2009 Obesity and nutrition-related chronic disorders are fast rising in developing countries. But undernutrition--stunting, underweight, wasting and micronutrient deficiencies--still affect millions of preschool children in both rural and urban settings ...
Prost, Marc-André
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PLoS ONE, 2023 BackgroundTo examine the socio-demographic factors associated with the decline in undernutrition among preschool children in India from National Family Health Survey (NFHS)-3, 2005-06 to NFHS- 5, 2019-21.MethodsFor this study data were obtained from ...
Priyanka Dixit +2 more
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