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Underweight and mortality [PDF]

Public Health Nutrition, 2015
AbstractObjectiveAccording to most prospective studies, being underweight (BMI<18·5 kg/m2) is associated with significantly higher mortality than being of normal weight, especially among smokers. We aimed to explore in a generally lean population whether being underweight is significantly associated with increased all-cause mortality ...
Lee, Joo Young, Kim, Hyeon Chang, Kim, Changsoo, Park, Keeho, Ahn, Song Vogue, Kang, Dae Ryong, Khaw, Kay-Tee, Willett, Walter, Suh, Il   +8 more
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Associations of morbidity in the underweight [PDF]

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2010
There is little research on the demographic characteristics and morbidity of people categorized as 'underweight' from their body mass index (BMI) although they have often been shown to have greater mortality. This uncertainty makes it difficult to determine whether to include or exclude these individuals when estimating the health and mortality impacts
S J, Kelly, J M, Lilley, J, Leonardi-Bee
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Underweight and Overweight Children

, 1985
Normal body weight and adequate weight gain are two of the most important signs of good health. However, it is important to realise that although they may be closely related, it is not uncommon to find small, ‘light’ children who gain weight appropriately.
Underweight Children
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The Association between Water, Sanitation, Hygiene, and Child Underweight in Punjab, Pakistan: An Application of Population Attributable Fraction [PDF]

Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare
Muhammad Nadeem,1 Mumtaz Anwar,2 Shahid Adil,3 Wajid Syed,4 Mahmood Basil A Al-Rawi,5 Ayesha Iqbal6,7 1Department of Economics, University of Education, Lahore, Vehari Campus, Pakistan; 2School of Economics, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan ...
Nadeem M, Anwar M, Adil S, Syed W, Al-Rawi MBA, Iqbal A   +5 more
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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.
Reilly, J., Craig, E., Bland, R., Craig, Eva, Reilly, John   +4 more
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Health Risk and Underweight

Nutrients, 2023
Anorexia nervosa is associated with a significant risk of morbidity and mortality. In clinical practice, health risk is assessed and estimated using routinely collected laboratory data. This study will develop a risk score using clinically relevant laboratory parameters.
Ulrich Cuntz, Norbert Quadflieg, Ulrich Voderholzer   +2 more
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Nexus between maternal underweight and child anthropometric status in South and South-East Asian countries

, 2022
Objectives: Maternal underweight and childhood malnutrition are life-threatening public health concerns in several South and South-East Asian nations. The aim of this study was to better design interventions and prevent malnutrition of children in the ...
Ahmad, Kabir, Wubishet, Befikadu Legesse, Alam, Khorshed, Rahman, Syed Mahbubur, Hashmi, Rubayyat, Keramat, Syed Afroz, Haque, Rezwanul, Mustafa, Maimun Ur Rashid, Ahammed, Benojir   +8 more
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Nationwide shifts in the double burden of overweight and underweight in Vietnamese adults in 2000 and 2005: two national nutrition surveys [PDF]

, 2011
Background In developing countries, overweight prevalence is increasing while underweight prevalence is still high. This situation is known as the double nutrition burden.
Deurenberg Paul, Khan, N.C., Nguyen C Khan, Kok, F.J., Mai, L.B., Ha, Do T.P., Do TP Ha, Le B Mai, Mai Le B, Feskens Edith JM, Khan Nguyen C, Edith JM Feskens, Feskens, E.J.M., Kok Frans J, Ha Do TP, Deurenberg, P.R.M., Paul Deurenberg, Frans J Kok   +17 more
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Risk factors differ for viable and low viable crushed piglets in free farrowing pens

Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2023
Newborn piglets have a high risk of being crushed by the sow, and this risk implies welfare and economic consequences. The aim of this study was to investigate the importance of differentiating between low viable (secondary crushing losses) and viable ...
Cornelia Spörri-Vontobel, Michael Simmler, Beat Wechsler, Madeleine F. Scriba   +3 more
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Factors driving underweight, wasting, and stunting among urban school aged children:Evidence from Merawi town, Northwest Ethiopia [PDF]

, 2023
Prior research identified malnutrition as one of the most common causes of morbidity and mortality among children globally. Furthermore, research revealed that over two thirds of deaths associated with inappropriate feeding practices occurred during the ...
Kamal, Md Moustafa, Hossain, S.Z., Talukder, Majharul, Alam, Khorshed, Tewabe, Tilahun, Quazi, Ali, Hossain, Syeda Z.   +6 more
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