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Maternal undernutrition and the ovine acute phase response to vaccination [PDF]

, 1985
Background: The acute phase response is the immediate host response to infection, inflammation and trauma and can be monitored by measuring the acute phase proteins (APP) such as haptoglobin ( Hp) or serum amyloid A (SAA).
Lawson, Fraser P., Fraser P Lawson, Carol E Kyle, Bence, Laura, Lawson, F.P., Stear, M., Michael J Stear, Eckersall, P.D., Kyle, C.E., Mary Waterston, Rhind, S.M., Stear, Michael J., Kyle, Carol E., Laura Bence, Waterston, Mary, White, S., Peter D Eckersall, Eckersall, Peter D., Waterston, M., Stewart M Rhind, Rhind, Stewart M., Bence, L.   +21 more
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Decomposition analysis of the decline in binary and triad undernutrition among preschool children in India.

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, Mayura Tonpe, Mrigesh Bhatia   +2 more
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Decomposing the gap in childhood undernutrition between poor and non–poor in urban India, 2005–06 [PDF]

, 2013
BackgroundDespite 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
Aditya Singh (416287), Abhishek Kumar, Singh Aditya, Aditya Singh, Kumar Abhishek, Kumar, A., Singh, Aditya, Abhishek Kumar (156479)   +7 more
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Analysis on the association among stunting, wasting and underweight in Malawi: an application of a log-linear model for the three-way table

Journal of Public Health in Africa, 2017
Childhood undernutrition is an important public health problem. Many studies have investigated the factors of childhood undernutrition, but not the association between the undernutrition indicators.
Alfred Ngwira, Eddons C.S. Munthali, Kondwani D. Vwalika   +2 more
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Prevalence and factors associated with severe undernutrition among under-5 children in Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Nepal: a comparative study using multilevel analysis

Scientific Reports, 2023
Despite economic growth and poverty reduction, under-5 child undernutrition is still rampant in South Asian countries. This study explored the prevalence and risk factors of severe undernutrition among under-5 children in Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Nepal ...
Mohammad Rocky Khan Chowdhury, Md Shafiur Rahman, Baki Billah, Mamunur Rashid, Melody Almroth, Manzur Kader   +5 more
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Health outcomes in Undernutrition: the role of Nutrients, Gut dysfunction and the gut microbiome (HUNGer) [PDF]

, 2019
The HUNGer consortium is comprised of a multi-disciplinary, multi-national consortium of world leading researchers, with expertise in physiology and nutrition, through to clinical research, public health and agriculture in LMIC settings.
Holmes, Elaine, Drake, Lesley, Frost, Gary, Maitland, Kathryn, Consortium, HUNGer, thompson, Thompson, alex, Lett, Aaron, Marchesi, Julian, Walsh, Kevin, Swann, Jonathan   +10 more
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Inequality of childhood undernutrition in Bangladesh : a decomposition approach [PDF]

, 2020
Background: Undernutrition is one of the major public health concerns in Bangladesh. This study examined the trends and patterns of childhood undernutrition, inequality, and its socioeconomic contributors in Bangladesh.
Akram, Md Raisul, Khorshed Alam, Alam, Khorshed, Alec Morton, Sultana, Marufa, Ali, Nausad, Nausad Ali, Mahumud, Rashidul Alam, Sheikh, Nurnabi, Abdur Razzaque Sarker, Raisul Akram, Rashidul Alam Mahumud, Sarker, Abdur Razzaque, Morton, Alec, Marufa Sultana, Nurnabi Sheikh, Akram, Raisul   +16 more
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Socio-demographic and Healthcare-seeking Predictors of Undernutrition among Children Under-five Years of Age in a Western District of Nepal

Journal of Nepal Health Research Council, 2020
Background: Undernutrition is highly prevalent in Nepal, which interferes with physical and mental development among children. It is one of the severe health problems contributing to the significant portion of the disease burden.
Rajan Paudel, Yogendra Bahadur Gurung, Amod Kumar Poudyal, Bijay Khatri, Deepak Raj Bhatta, Dilaram Acharya, Jitendra Kumar Singh, Min Raj Adhikari, Ranjan Sapkota, Narayan Bahadur Mahotra, Dipak Prasad Upadhyaya   +10 more
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Exploring attributions of causality for child undernutrition: Qualitative analysis in Lusaka, Zambia

Maternal and Child Nutrition, 2022
Child undernutrition is responsible for 45% of all under‐five deaths in low‐ and middle‐income countries (LMICs) and numerous morbidities. Although progress has been made, high levels of child undernutrition persist in Zambia.
Nakawala Lufumpa, Anna Lavis, Rishi Caleyachetty, Michael Henry, Sheena Kabombwe, Semira Manaseki‐Holland   +5 more
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The effect of maternal common mental disorders on infant undernutrition in Butajira, Ethiopia: the P-MaMiE study. [PDF]

, 2010
BACKGROUND: Although maternal common mental disorder (CMD) appears to be a risk factor for infant undernutrition in South Asian countries, the position in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is unclear METHODS: A population-based cohort of 1065 women, in the third ...
Mark Tomlinson, Vikram Patel, Prince Martin, Atalay Alem, Fikru Tesfaye, Mesfin Aray, Worku Bogale, Tomlinson Mark, Abdulahi, Abdulreshid, Abdulahi Abdulreshid, Medhin, Girmay, Zufan Lakew, Abdulreshid Abdulahi, Marcus Hughes, Lakew Zufan, Charlotte Hanlon, Bogale Worku, Worku, Bogale, Alem, Atalay,, Hughes Marcus, Martin Prince, Prince, Martin, Lakew, Zufan, Hanlon Charlotte, Aray, Mesfin, Dewey Michael, Michael Dewey, Alem Atalay, Tesfaye, Fikru, Patel Vikram, Dewey, Michael, Alem, Atalay, Aray Mesfin, Patel, Vikram, Hanlon, Charlotte, Tesfaye Fikru, Hughes, Marcus, Girmay Medhin, Medhin Girmay, Tomlinson, Mark   +39 more
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