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AbstrAct: Being a developing nation, rural India is still facing a serious health problem in form of undernutrition particularly among young children. To optimize this problem, the Central Government has been operating a nationwide... more
Malnutrition is the largest risk factor caused by inadequate nutrition that leads to childhood morbidity and mortality, as well as inadequate growth and development. Infants are at increased risk of malnutrition by six months, when breast... more
Aim: This study was carried out to determine the prevalence of undernutrition among Bengalee children of Purba Medinipur. Stunting, wasting and underweight were used to assess the prevalence of under-nutrition among children. However,... more
Despite growing evidence in support of exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) among infants in the first 6 months of birth, the debate over the optimal duration of EBF continues. This study examines the effect of termination of EBF during the... more
Wasting is an acute malnutrition which could indirectly increase infant mortality and morbidity. Currently, wasting was serious public health problem in Indonesia with 11,1% of prevalence. This study aimed to determine the incidence of... more
This study aims to assess the patterns of wasting and stunting and their concurrence among vulnerable Venezuelan children. We performed an analysis of 46,462 anthropometric records captured by Caritas Venezuela between 2017 and 2019 and... more
Background Malnutrition contributes to children’s morbidity and mortality, and the situation undermines the economic growth and development of Bangladesh. Malnutrition is associated with lower levels of education that decrease economic... more
What we know: Both weight-for-height z-score (WHZ) and mid-upper arm circumference (MUAC) are recommended to identify severely malnourished children for treatment. MUAC has distinct advantages for community-level screening; however... more
Most of the Sustainable Development Goals are not likely to be achieved, partly because the goals were not tightly linked to strategies through which achievement of each goal could realistically be expected. The outcomes might have been... more
Sustainable Development goal 2 focusses on preventing all forms of malnutrition by 2030. Therefore, it is important to understand the double burden of malnutrition (DBM) in mother-child pairs in India. This study attempted to explore the... more
To determine the relationship between maternal nutritional status and infant growth pattern, a cross sectional study was conducted in a postnatal clinic of government general hospital of south Kolkata, West Bengal, India. A total of 97... more
‘Growth-and-Obesity Profiles’ of a family gave percentiles of height, mass, optimal mass and status, indicating obesity or wasting as percentage, for all family members. Additionally, for children, target height, current-age-mid-parental... more
This Topic Guide has been compiled to provide an overview of undernutrition in the context of development. It covers the nature, scale and complex range of causes of undernutrition and summarises the evidence for what works to address the... more
Cryptosporidium parvum infection and nutritional status of children under-five years in some selected hospitals in
Food insecurity has always been and still continues to be one of the key global development issues. Close to one billion people around the world go to bed hungry every night, two billion people experience micronutrient malnutrition, and... more
Food insecurity has prejudicial impact in protecting child undernutrition. To explore this, using nationally representative two-stage stratified sample from Bangladesh demographic and health survey 2011 data collected from mothers about... more
Background It is not known at which size a congenital Patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) in children becomes associated with a resultant severe malnutrition in children. Furthermore, the effect of ductal size on anthropometry of children with... more
Background Malnutrition is a critical public health issue that has been related to a significant increase in mortality and morbidity rates. Despite the fact that children are expected to benefit from home gardening products, their... more
Optimal mass (weight) was defined in 2011 as the mass (weight) corresponding to percentile of height. Status of obesity was determined as percentage, by considering optimal mass as reference and could be used in conjunction with body-mass... more
The study was designed to investigate the quantity and reasons of wastage of blood products. This was an observational study conducted from February 2018 to February 2019 at the National Institute of Blood Disease and Bone Marrow... more
T he profound impacts of childhood malnutrition, including both undernutrition and overweight, affect the economic, social and medical well-being of individuals, families, communities and nations 1,2. Undernutrition has been the most... more