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Undernutrition and associated factors among rural pregnant women in Eastern Ethiopia
SAGE Open Medicine, 2022 Objectives: Maternal undernutrition is a burning issue in Ethiopia. However, updated evidence is limited in the eastern part of the country; particularly the mental health-related factors of undernutrition.
Berhe Gebremichael +7 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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The Lancet Regional Health - Southeast AsiaSummary: The emerging predictors of childhood undernutrition include household food insecurity (HFI) and inadequate diet diversity (DD). Geographical, socio-cultural, economic, and demographic factors contribute to HFI.
Surabhi Singh Yadav +3 more
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Journal of Clinical Tuberculosis and Other Mycobacterial Diseases, 2021 Background: Undernutrition and tuberculosis are the major public health problems of people living in middle and low-income countries. Even though single studies have been reported from different areas of Ethiopia, there is no national-level study that ...
Adam Wondmieneh +3 more
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Journal of Nutrition and Metabolism, 2021 Background. Undernutrition and tuberculosis are the major concerns of underdeveloped regions of the world. Tuberculosis makes undernutrition worse and undernutrition weakens immunity, thereby increasing the likelihood that latent tuberculosis will ...
Adane Tesfaye Anbese +3 more
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Children, 2023 Introduction: The prevalence of undernutrition among children below five years of age, in Uganda and the world over, remains very high. About 45% of all global deaths among children below five years of age are attributed to undernutrition.
Vallence Ngabo Maniragaba +2 more
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Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2002 There is only one set of estimates of the prevalence of chronic undernutrition world-wide. These estimates emanate from the FAO and are claimed to be comparable across countries. In this paper it is demonstrated that the FAO has used an estimation model (and data) that induce bias in the estimated overall prevalence of undernutrition. The bias is found
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Annals of Gastroenterological Surgery, EarlyView.This prospective study observed that preoperative chemoradiotherapy for rectal cancer was associated with reductions in body fat and grip strength, which appeared to be more pronounced in female patients. These findings suggest that sex‐sensitive nutritional and exercise support may be beneficial to help maintain muscle mass and physical function ...
Shinya Abe +9 more
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Environmental Research: Health, 2023 Child undernutrition is still a major public health concern in Bangladesh in spite of significant decline in the last few years. Climate change may impact the prevalence of undernutrition and its geographical variability through food security and ...
Jahidur Rahman Khan +2 more
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Humans are not unique: difficult birth is common in placental mammals
Biological Reviews, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Human childbirth is widely presumed to be uniquely difficult and dangerous compared to birth in other mammals. Tight fetopelvic proportions can result in obstructed labour and contribute to high rates of maternal and neonatal mortality. Ideas summarised under the ‘obstetrical dilemma’ have contributed to this assumption by explaining difficult
Nicole D. S. Grunstra
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