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Supplementary feeding with fortified spread among moderately underweight 6-18-month-old rural Malawian children.

, 2009
We aimed to analyse growth and recovery from undernutrition among moderately underweight ambulatory children receiving micronutrient-fortified maize-soy flour (Likuni Phala, LP) or ready-to-use fortified spread (FS) supplementary diet.
Ashorn, Per, Briend, André, Cheung, Yin Bun, Maleta, Kenneth, Manary, Mark, Phuka, John, Thakwalakwa, Chrissie   +6 more
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Bayesian Geoadditive Seemingly Unrelated Regression [PDF]

, 2002
Parametric seemingly unrelated regression (SUR) models are a common tool for multivariate regression analysis when error variables are reasonably correlated, so that separate univariate analysis may result in inefficient estimates of covariate effects. A
Adebayo, Samson B., Fahrmeir, Ludwig, Lang, Stefan, Steiner, Winfried J.   +3 more
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Impact of underweight status on mortality in sepsis patients: a meta-analysis

Frontiers in Medicine
ObjectiveThe evidence regarding the impact of underweight status on clinical outcomes in patients with sepsis are still scarce and controversial. We aimed at conducting a meta-analysis to evaluate the potential associations between underweight and the ...
Jiaan Chen, Fan Zhang, Li Liang, Xuming Pan, Jiancheng Zhang, Guangjun Jin   +5 more
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Association between dietary diversity and nutritional status of children aged 6-59 months in the Tamale Metropolis

NAJFNR
Background: Optimal growth and development in children requires adequate dietary intake from diverse food groups. A varied diet provides a comprehensive array of nutrients for achieving and maintaining optimal nutritional status in the pediatric ...
Michael Wiafe, Emmanuel Afedzie, Prisca Ntim, Esther Owusu, Anthony Wemakor   +4 more
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Complementary feeding practices and nutritional status of children (6–23 months) in an urban resettlement colony of East Delhi

Indian Journal of Community Medicine, 2021
Background: Even with optimum breastfeeding, children are at risk of being stunted if they do not receive timely adequate and appropriate complementary feeding. Objectives: The objective is to determine the prevailing complementary feeding practices, and
Pragti Chhabra, Anita Gupta, Neelima Thakur   +2 more
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Calculation and Adjustment of Cytostatic Drug Doses for Conditioning Regimens Prior to Allo-HSCT in Over- and Underweight Patients

Клиническая онкогематология
In Russia, like in the rest of the world, the number of overweight people has been growing for the last 20 years. According to different studies, obesity and overweight incidence among adults is 20.5–54.0 %.
Elena Yurevna Karpenko, M. Yu. Drokov
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Developmental trajectories of body mass index and emotional-behavioral functioning of underweight children. A longitudinal study [PDF]

, 2016
Although several studies have addressed developmental trajectories from childhood to adolescence of internalizing/externalizing problems, limited attention has been given to underweight children.
Almenara, Carlos A., CERNIGLIA, LUCA, CIMINO, SILVIA, ERRIU, MICHELA, Jezek, Stanislav, TAMBELLI, Renata   +5 more
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The Complex Relationship Between Body Mass Index and Suicide Risk: From Epidemiology to Biological Mechanisms – A Review

Quality in Sport
Introduction. Suicide is one of the most serious public health problems worldwide. In the context of risk marker searches, researchers focus on Body Mass Index (BMI).
Martyna Manuela Świątecka, Jakub Kaźmierczyk, Aleksandra Marciszewska, Ewa Buczkowska, Jakub Jopek, Sylwia Bryksy, Agnieszka Piechowicz, Natalia Popczyk, Agnieszka Przybyłowska, Hanna Tymchenko   +9 more
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The relationship between intimate partner violence and child malnutrition: a retrospective study in 29 sub-Saharan African countries

Frontiers in Public Health
Introduction and backgroundIntimate partner violence (IPV) and child malnutrition are global public health issues. Assessing the association between IPV and child anthropometric failures (stunting, underweight, and wasting) in 29 Sub-Saharan African (SSA)
Kunhong Lin, Pengxiang Zhou, Pengxiang Zhou, Mengyuan Liu, Botian Chen, Botian Chen, Zibei Zhou, Yijia Zhang, Ying Zhou, Yanan Jiang, Shuyun Bao, Dijia Chen, Yu Zhu, Yan Xing   +13 more
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Child Undernutrition and Convergence of Multisectoral Interventions in India: An Econometric Analysis of National Family Health Survey 2015–16

Frontiers in Public Health, 2020
In India and worldwide, there has been increased strategic focus on multisectoral convergence of nutrition-specific and nutrition-sensitive interventions to attain rapid reductions in child undernutrition. For instance, a Convergence Action Plan in India
Sunil Rajpal, William Joe, Rockli Kim, Rockli Kim, Rockli Kim, Alok Kumar, S. V. Subramanian, S. V. Subramanian, S. V. Subramanian   +8 more
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