As a result, this systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to assess fetal malnutrition among newborns in Africa. Method The PRISMA guidelines were used for this study. Articles were obtained from databases and websites. The outcome of the study was fetal malnutrition, as determined using the ...
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. ...
The country’s income inequality indexstandsvery high for India with a Gini index — a measure of income inequality — of 79 out of 163 countries. South Africa has thehighestGini coefficient of 63 in 2023, exhibiting high income inequality. Slovakia has thelowestGini coefficient at 23.2 as of...
These results are in line with a review of adolescent nutrition in South Africa, which concluded that girls are at higher risk of obesity fuelled by consumption of diets that are energy dense, processed, high in fat and sugar and low in essential nutrients [2]. As such, interventions to ...
HIV/AIDS and Poverty in Households with Children Suffering from Malnutrition:The Role of Social Security in Mount Frere* The Mount Frere Area in the Eastern Cape suffers one of the highest rates of child malnutrition in South Africa as well as one of the poorest take- up rate... MJ Samson...
Aim: This study was undertaken to investigate the prevalence of the different forms of malnutrition in children living in the Eastern Cape province. Methods: Secondary analysis of a cross-sectional sample of 237 school-aged children, aged 618 years, in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa ...
Addis Ababa (AFP) June 16, 2022 - Tens of thousands of children in Ethiopia are suffering from the most deadly form of malnutrition as a prolonged drought ravages the east and south of the country, British charity Save the Children said Thursday.
Socio-economic predictors of stunting in preschool children--a population-based study from Johannesburg and Soweto. Stunting continues to be a child public health concern in many African countries, including South Africa. This study uses data from the Birth to Twenty stu... BA Willey,N Cameron,...
Maternal and child undernutrition and overweight in low-income and middle-income countries. Lancet. 2013;382:427–51. Article Google Scholar Modjadji P, Madiba S. Childhood undernutrition and its predictors in a rural health and demographic surveillance system site in South Africa. Int J ...
The commonest form of malnutrition in the tropics is protein calorie malnutrition (P.C.M.) of childhood. The spectrum of clinical features associated with this type of malnutrition is characterised at one extreme by mar asmus which results from a gross d