NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Acute malnutrition among pregnant women and breastfeeding mothers has increased by 25% in the past two years in 12 countries hard hit by rising food prices fueled by the fighting in Ukraine, according to a new United Nations report. Surveys in 10 countries in...
Micronutrient status and dietary intake of iron, vitamin A, iodine, folate and zinc in women of reproductive age and pregnant women in Ethiopia, Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa: a systematic review of data from 2005 to 2015. Nutrients. 2017;9(10):1096. Google Scholar Smith T, Hart K. ...
In Kenya, where malnutrition and hidden hunger still pose a significant challenge to growth and development, beans are an essential source of food for most... M Nguli,MJ Gatari,K Shepherd,... - X-Ray Spectrometry: An International Journal 被引量: 0发表: 2022年 Various forms of double bur...
KenyaStuntingUnderweightWastingDemographic health surveyChild malnutrition remains a critical public health problem, with socioeconomic factors playing a significant role. Socioeconomic factors include household income, parental education, and access to healthcare, which influence a child's nutritional status....
Insufficient rainfall has destroyed crops, killed livestock and forced huge numbers of people to leave their homes in search of food and water across Kenya, Somalia and Ethiopia. The dire conditions have been exacerbated by the conflict in Ukraine, which has contributed to soaring food and fuel ...
The double burden of overnutrition and undernutrition in mother – child dyads in Kenya: demographic and health survey data, 2014. J Nutr Sci. 2020;9:e5. Article PubMed PubMed Central Google Scholar Muche A, Dewau R. Severe stunting and its associated factors among children aged 6–...
Other studies have focused on a specific country, like India15 and Kenya.16 A recent systematic review17 identified maternal educational level, household income, maternal nutrition, and access to sanitation as the most important contributing factors of childhood malnutrition....
The affected girls and women have increased from 5.5 million in 2020 to 6.9 million in 2022 in Burkina Faso, Chad, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Yemen and Afghanistan, according to the report.
There is limited evidence on adolescent’s dietary patterns (DPs), and how they contribute to DBM in urban low income contexts in sub Saharan Africa. This study assessed DPs of adolescents, their drivers and association with DBM in Kenya’s urban slums. Methods Anthropometric, socio-demographic ...
in patients who are admitted to the pediatric intensive care unit [4,5]. The adverse outcomes of critically ill patients in the pediatric intensive care unit might be attributed to the deterioration of nutritional status during their stay in ICU. This is due to different reasons that limit the...