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Showing 1 to 12 of 12 for “"Childhood Nutrition"”.
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The association of early childhood nutrition and growth with the intestinal microbiome and pneumonia
Background Malnutrition and pneumonia contribute significantly to under-5 mortality. The gut microbiome is associated with development of malnutrition and pneumonia. However, data on longitudinal growth, infant feeding practices, and the microbiome in children with malnutrition and pneumonia in low …
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Infant mortality and childhood nutrition in Ondo State, Nigeria : their correlates and socio-cultural explanations
… the age of 12 months (infant mortality) and nutritional status among children aged 6-36 months (childhood nutrition) in Ondo State, Nigeria. The primary purpose of the study was to identify the variables that were most important in explaining the level and pattern of infant mortality and …
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Infant mortality and childhood nutrition in Ondo State, Nigeria : their correlates and socio-cultural explanations
… the age of 12 months (infant mortality) and nutritional status among children aged 6-36 months (childhood nutrition) in Ondo State, Nigeria. The primary purpose of the study was to identify the variables that were most important in explaining the level and pattern of infant mortality and …
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The complex determinants of childhood nutritional status and undernutrition in South Africa
I adopt two approaches in estimating a childhood nutrition model. In the first, child nutrition enters as a continuous dependent variable, allowing me to estimate the average marginal effects on childhood nutrition (proxied by three anthropometric measures). The second approach allows me to …
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Growth and determinants at two years of age in a South African birth cohort
Aim: Early childhood is a critical period for optimal growth but there are limited data from low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) on the determinants of growth during this time. This study aimed to investigate growth and its determinants in children at 2 years of age in a South African birth …
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Modelling malnutrition among under-five-year-old children in Ghana
Childhood malnutrition is a real-life and a chronic problem and one of the global major public health challenges, especially in developing countries like Ghana. Several attempts from governmental and non-governmental organizations to address the problem have fallen below expectation. It is …
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Early care and education teachers' nutrition and healthful feeding practices: Implications for professional development
Childhood obesity continues to be a major issue in the United States, with approximately 26% of the nation’s preschool-aged children being overweight or obese. This statistic is troublesome in that overweight preschoolers are at a significantly higher risk of being overweight or obese in adulthood, …
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Defining perceptions of picky eating: a qualitative and quantitative investigation of early childhood mealtime behaviors
Item released from any restrictions by Sarah Shreeves (sshreeve@illinois.edu) on 2012-09-07T16:43:40Z
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Relationship of dietary factors and physical activity to body fat in 3–5 year old children
The aims of the study were to (1) examine associations between environmental factors and percent body fat (PBF), and (2) determine if air-displacement plethysmography (ADP) and dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (DXA) were accurate methods for assessing body fat in children 3 to 5 years old as …