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Common factors influencing childhood undernutrition and their comparison between Sylhet, the most vulnerable region, and other parts of Bangladesh: Evidence from BDHS 2007–18 rounds

Frontiers in Nutrition, 2023
IntroductionUndernourishment is disproportionately spread within Bangladesh, making some regions like Sylhet more vulnerable than the rest of the country.
Kazi Istiaque Sanin, Mansura Khanam, Razia Sultana Rita, Md. Ahshanul Haque, Tahmeed Ahmed   +4 more
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Undernutrition and associated factors among pregnant women in East Borena Zone, Liban District, Oromia regional state, Ethiopia

Frontiers in Nutrition, 2022
BackgroundUndernutrition is cellular imbalance between supply of nutrients, energy and body’s demand to ensure growth, maintenance, and specific function.
Godana Arero
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Faktor Berkaitan dengan Stunting dan Wasting pada Pasien Onkologi Anak

Amerta Nutrition, 2022
ABSTRAK Latar Belakang: Pasien anak dengan kanker dapat mengalami stunting dan wasting secara bersamaan dan hal tersebut mempunyai efek negatif terhadap pasien.
Maya Utami Widhianti, Listiyani Eka Tyastuti, Meika Rahmawati Arifah, Karima Rizqi Alviani, Hagnyonowati   +4 more
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Longitudinal effects of stunting and wasting on academic performance of primary school boys: The North-West Child-Health-Integrated-Learning and Development study

South African Journal of Childhood Education, 2020
Background: A worldwide occurrence like stunting and wasting affects both children’s health and academic performance. Aim: The aim of the study was to determine the effect of stunting and wasting on academic performance amongst primary school boys over ...
Dané Coetzee, Wilmarié du Plessis, Deidré van Staden   +2 more
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Optimum birth interval (36–48 months) may reduce the risk of undernutrition in children: A meta-analysis

Frontiers in Nutrition, 2023
BackgroundAlthough some studies have highlighted short birth interval as a risk factor for adverse child nutrition outcomes, the question of whether and to what extent long birth interval affects better nutritional outcomes in children remains unclear ...
James Ntambara, Wendi Zhang, Anni Qiu, Zhounan Cheng, Minjie Chu   +4 more
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Improving wasting among children under-5 years in Malawi: The role of farm input subsidies

Frontiers in Public Health, 2022
Wasting among children under-5 years remains a public health problem in Malawi, despite the quest to improve food availability through Farm Input Subsidy Program (FISP). As such, the study examined the link between FISP and child wasting.
Grace Tione, Edith Gondwe, Beston B. Maonga, Kennedy Machira, Samson Pilanazo Katengeza   +4 more
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Exploring the paradox: double burden of malnutrition in rural South Africa [PDF]

Global Health Action, 2013
Background: This article is a review of the PhD thesis by Elizabeth Kimani-Murage that explores the double burden of malnutrition in rural South Africa. This is in the context of a worryingly rapid increase in obesity and obesity-related diseases in low-
Elizabeth W. Kimani-Murage
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Malnutrition Among Under-Five Children of Kadukuruba Tribe: Need to Reach the Unreached [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2014
Introduction: Poor nutritional status of tribal children observed in different parts of India, calls for introspection into various factors influencing it, in order to seek remedial measures. Objectives: To assess the prevalence of malnutrition among
Renuka Manjunath, Jagadish Kumar K, Praveen Kulkarni, Khyrunissa Begum, Gangadhar M R   +4 more
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Myostatin/Smad2/Smad3 pathway define a differential clinical phenotype in COPD-associated sarcopenia

ERJ Open Research
Background Sarcopenia, defined as the loss of muscle mass and function, represents one of the most relevant comorbidities in patients with COPD even at early stages.
Adriana Núñez-Robainas, Maria Guitart, Adrián López-Postigo, Antonio Sancho-Muñoz, Esther Barreiro   +4 more
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Comparison of the prevalence and trend of malnutrition between 0–6 years and 7–11 years old Iranian children: A systematic review and meta-analysis

International Journal of Preventive Medicine, 2020
Background: To plan for decreasing the prevalence of malnutrition among children, reliable data of current status are required. The aim of the present cross-sectional study was to estimate the prevalence and trend of malnutrition among Iranian children ...
Fatemeh Azizi-Soleiman, Hamid Sharifi, Maryam Zamanian   +2 more
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