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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"Child undernutrition"”.
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Lipid-based nutrient supplement to address child undernutrition and enteric parasitic infections in India
Undernutrition is an outcome of insufficient food intake and repeated infectious diseases. Lipid-based nutrient supplements (LNS) are calorie and nutrient dense food products that are suitable to complement most food rations due to their long shelf life and convenience. Although available in other …
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Women's status, state contexts and child undernutrition in low and middle income countries
Past research has sought to explain the child undernutrition conundrum as a result of mainly household-level factors and morbidity while ignoring salient socio-structural determinants such as women s status and state contexts. However, in the past three decades women s status has improved socially, …
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Analysis of Child Undernutrition Intervention Priorities Among Nutrition Stakeholders from Multiple Low and Middle-Income Countries
… (weight-for-height z score [WHZ] < - 2 SD) among children under five to below 5%. However, currently interventions that prevent wasting are characterized into two “camps” of preventing stunting and preventing severe wasting through treating moderate acute malnutrition (MAM); this makes estimating …
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Asset Holdings and Undernutrition of Young Children: Evidence from China Health and Nutrition Survey
<p>Undernutrition is an underlying determinant of 45% of all childhood deaths annually, resulting in 3.1 million deaths to children less than five years globally (Black et al., 2013). The adverse effects of undernutrition, especially chronic undernutrition, could cause impaired physical growth, …
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The Role of Streptococcus Pneumoniae Carriage on Wasting Among Vaccinated Gambian Infants: A Longitudinal Analysis of a Birth Cohort
… public health problem, affecting 45 million children under five years old worldwide. A comprehensive understanding of the factors associated with child wasting is needed to inform interventions aimed at reducing and preventing wasting. Some studies have suggested that asymptomatic …
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An economic analysis of dietary diversification in the developing world
Child undernutrition, including micronutrient deficiency, is widespread in many parts of the developing world. Low dietary diversity is a major source of this problem. This occurs where diets are predominantly based on starchy staples with few fruits, vegetables and animal-sourced foods. Improving …