Semiparametric Analysis of the Socio-Demographic and Spatial Determinants of Undernutrition in Two African Countries [PDF]
, 2001 We estimate semiparametric regression models of chronic undernutrition (stunting) using the 1992 Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) from Tanzania and Zambia.
Fahrmeir, Ludwig +3 more
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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 +2 more
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Mechanisms by which sialylated milk oligosaccharides impact bone biology in a gnotobiotic mouse model of infant undernutrition [PDF]
, 2019 Undernutrition in children is a pressing global health problem, manifested in part by impaired linear growth (stunting). Current nutritional interventions have been largely ineffective in overcoming stunting, emphasizing the need to obtain better ...
Ahern, Philip P. +13 more
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ON MEASURING UNDERNUTRITION [PDF]
Oxford Economic Papers, 1989 DESPITE a steady rise in the average per capita production of food in the world, the problem of hunger and undernutrition still exists. This paper is concerned with problems of quantifying undernutrition which results from inadequate intake of calories.
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Participatory women’s groups and counseling through home visits to improve child growth in rural eastern India: protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial [PDF]
, 2015 Background: Childhood stunting (low height-for-age) is a marker of chronic undernutrition and predicts children’s subsequent physical and cognitive development. An estimated 52 million children in India are stunted.
Bhattacharyya, S +18 more
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Double burden of malnutrition among urban Bengalee adolescent boys in Midnapore, West Bengal, India [PDF]
, 2012 Malnutrition is an important public health problem worldwide. Therefore a study was undertaken to assess the prevalence of adolescent thinness, overweight and obesity in Midnapore town, West Bengal, India.
D Mahalanabis +4 more
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Critical nutritional stress among adult tribal populations of West Bengal and Orissa, India. [PDF]
, 2012 This paper deals with cross-sectional studies carried out during the period 2004-2007. It is based on eight data sets of tribals of Paschim Medinipur and Bankura Districts of West Bengal and Keonjhar District of Orissa.
Kaushik Bose, Samiran Bisai
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Body fatness or anthropometry for assessment of unhealthy weight status? Comparison between methods in South African children and adolescents [PDF]
, 2013 A variety of methods are available for defining undernutrition (thinness/underweight/under-fat) and overnutrition (overweight/obesity/over-fat). The extent to which these definitions agree is unclear.
Armstrong +6 more
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Seasonal undernutrition in rural Ethiopia: [PDF]
Marked seasonal variability of both production- and consumption is characteristic of virtually all farming systems in the developing world. This study examines the magnitude and significance of seasonal undernutrition in south central Ethiopia, southern ...
D'Amato, Maurizio +4 more
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Is undernutrition responsive to changes in incomes? [PDF]
This paper discusses the effect that changes in individual incomes have on aggregate undernutrition. Undernutrition depends not only on nutrient intakes but on other factors, including nutrient requirements - which may differ widely amongst people.
Ravallion, Martin
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