The epidemiology of malnutrition in young children in Zaria, Nigeria. Ecology ofFood and Nutrition 1985; 16: 1-12.Cherian A, Duggan MB, Sterken E. The epidemiology of malnutrition in young children in Zaria, Nigeria. Ecology, Food and Nutrition 1985;16:1-13....
Plasmodium vivax: A cause of malnutrition in young children We studied the aetiology of malnutrition in a cohort of 1511 children < 10 years old in Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu. Malnutrition was categorized using standar... TN Williams,K Maitland,L Phelps,... - 《Qjm Monthly Journal of the ...
Objective To assess the nutritional status of children in rural villages of Togo. Subjects Weaned children less than age 5 in remote rural villages were assessed for nutritional status. N=192. Methods: Socioeconomic questions, including feeding practices, were asked of children's parents. Children ...
Young children's height and weight or mid-upper arm circumference should be measured routinely in clinical practice and therapeutic antimalarial efficacy studies to identify children younger than 5 years who are at an increased risk of poorer malaria treatment response and thus require more careful fol...
Children are especially threatened by malnutrition, because of the high protein-energy cost of growth. Any nutritional deficiency impairs growth velocity, and growth retardation should suggest the presence of an underlying disease. Therefore, auxologic study is an important step of nutritional evaluation...
morbidity in young children. morbidity in young children. 11 11 12 12 Definitions of Malnutrition Definitions of Malnutrition Kwashiorkor Kwashiorkor: protein deficiency : protein deficiency Marasmus Marasmus: energy deficiency : energy deficiency
Overall, due to resource constraints, addressing the nutritional health of young children in East Africa will continue to rely on low cost approaches, such as nationwide vaccinations and maternal education, and not on programs like conditional cash transfer schemes, which have proved successful in ...
Iron intake and status of children aged 6-36 months in Europe: a systematic review. Iron deficiency is the most common nutritional disorder in the world. Young children are particularly vulnerable to the consequences of iron deficiency bec... Simone,Eussen,Martine,... - 《Annals of Nutrition ...
Background Short stature has been reported in congenital ichthyoses (CI) but little data exist on patients' nutritional status. Objective To describe the nutritional status at the first evaluation of children and young adults with CI. Methods Prospective observational study of patients assessed at a...
Diarrhea and are common in young children in developing countries and a reciprocal relationship has been postulated with diarrhea leading to and predisposing to diarrhea. To investigate the importance of as a determining factor in diarrheal illnesses, data were analyzed from a longitudinal community-base...