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Accuracy of MUAC in the detection of severe wasting with the new WHO growth standards. [PDF]
, 2010 OBJECTIVES: The objectives of this study were to estimate the accuracy of using mid-upper-arm circumference (MUAC) measurements to diagnose severe wasting by comparing the new standards from the World Health Organization (WHO) with those from the US ...
Delchevalerie, P +2 more
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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 +2 more
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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 +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 +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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Water Environment Research, 2015 The management and disposal of agricultural waste are drawn more and more attention because of the increasing yields and negative effects on the environment. However, proper treatments such as converting abundant biomass wastes into biogas through anaerobic digestion technology, can not only avoid the negative impacts, but also convert waste into ...
Huajie, Shu +4 more
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Biomarkers of systemic inflammation and growth in early infancy are associated with stunting in young Tanzanian children [PDF]
, 2018 Stunting can afflict up to one-third of children in resource-constrained countries. We hypothesized that low-grade systemic inflammation (defined as elevations in serum C-reactive protein or alpha-1-acid glycoprotein) in infancy suppresses the growth ...
Aboud, Said +9 more
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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 +4 more
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Myostatin/Smad2/Smad3 pathway define a differential clinical phenotype in COPD-associated sarcopenia
ERJ Open ResearchBackground 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 +4 more
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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 +2 more
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