Majallah-i Dānishgāh-i ̒Ulūm-i Pizishkī-i Qum, 2008 Background and Objectives Children have greater nutritional needs than adults in order to maintain their growth. It has been determined that about 70% of all malnourished children in the world live in Asia.
A Fesharakinia, Gh Sharifzadeh, A Zarban
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Frequency and accuracy of weight comments by others, and the association with weight misperception among Hong Kong adolescents [PDF]
, 2009 *Purpose:* To assess the frequency and accuracy of weight comments received from different sources among Chinese adolescents and the relation of weight comments to weight misperception. *Methods:* In the Hong Kong Student Obesity ...
Kwok-Kei Mak +4 more
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Underweight and Predictors Among Children Aged 6–59 Months in South Ethiopia
International Journal of Public HealthObjectivesUnderweight remains the primary public health concern among under-five-year-old children in Ethiopia, despite numerous government-implemented nutrition-specific and sensitive interventions.
Temesgen Mohammed Toma +6 more
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Prevalence of Ocular Morbidity Among School Adolescents of Gandhinagar District, Gujarat [PDF]
, 2011 Objective: To study the prevalence of ocular morbidity (abnormal condition) and various factors affecting it among school attending adolescents. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted to study abnormal ocular conditions like refractive errors ...
Chudasama, Rajesh K +4 more
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Food and nutrition security in Timor-Leste [PDF]
, 2013 This report is a literature review on Food and Nutrition Security in Timor-Leste based on data from surveys conducted by the Timor-Leste National Statistics Directorate, as well as from national and international organizations working in Timor-Leste ...
Andersen, A.B., Pant, J., Thilsted, S.H.
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Frontiers in Public HealthIntroductionGlobally, nearly half of all deaths among children under the age of five are linked to undernutrition. These tragic outcomes are most prevalent in low- and middle-income countries.
Tadesse Tarik Tamir +3 more
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A matching decomposition of the rural-urban difference in malnutrition in Malawi [PDF]
This paper applies a nonparametric matching method to decompose the rural-urban malnutrition gap in Malawi. The results show that 90 per cent and 89 per cent of the stunting and underweight gaps respectively would be eliminated if there were no urban ...
Mussa, Richard
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FAKTOR-FAKTOR YANG BERHUBUNGAN DENGAN BERAT-KURANG (UNDERWEIGHT) PADA BALITA DI PERKOTAAN DAN PERDESAAN INDONESIA BERDASARKAN DATA RISKESDAS TAHUN 2013 [PDF]
, 2015 Underweight masih merupakan masalah kesehatan yang besar pada balita di Indonesia. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengidentifikasi faktor-faktor yang berhubungan dengan underweight pada balita di perkotaan dan perdesaan Indonesia.
PRATIWI, RIA HELDA
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The Double Burden of Malnutrition among Adolescents from Zimbabwe: A Cross-Sectional Study
Obesities(1) Background: The double burden of malnutrition (DBM) is an emerging public health concern among children and adolescents in developing countries. This study investigated the prevalence and factors associated with being underweight and overweight among
Ashleigh Pencil +4 more
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Incidence of Obesity Among Mentally Retarded Children [PDF]
, 1985 An international survey of professionals in the field of mental retardation was conducted to determine significant research priorities in the education of students with mild retardation.
Fox, Robert A. +3 more
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