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Showing 1 to 20 of 374 for “"Malnutrition"”.
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The determinants of malnutrition in Haiti
… were examined to determine the primary causes of malnutrition in preschool Haitian children. A survey of 160 women and their child closest to weaning age was conducted in three regions of Haiti in January 1978. Ordinary least squares multiple regression analysis was used to determine the combined …
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Moderate Acute Malnutrition: Inflammatory Response, Microbiota, and Potential Treatments
Acute malnutrition is directly or indirectly responsible for nearly half of all deaths in children under five. Even when treatment is provided in a timely manner, some children fail to recover and others relapse within months. Recovery has traditionally been measured by anthropometric scores, but …
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Family Structure and Child Malnutrition in China: Three Essays
… a child, family is an opportune place for child malnutrition intervention. By advancing a framework that addresses the contextual factors which shape the heterogeneity of socioeconomic gradients of child overweight/obesity, this dissertation has sought to understand the channels through which …
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Effect of malnutrition on tuberculosis microbiologic severity in India
The relationship between malnutrition and tuberculosis disease (TB) severity is understudied. This study analyzed data collected by a large cohort study to investigate the effect malnutrition, measured by BMI, had on TB mycobacterial burden. A study population of 538 subjects was utilized for this …
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Hormonal therapies during recovery from neonatal malnutrition in rats
Malnutrition leads growth stunting and low serum insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I) concentration in humans and animals. Nutritional repletion alone does not support the full body wt recovery or normalize serum IGF-I concentrations. As growth-promoters and anabolic agents, growth hormone (GH) and …
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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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The kinetics of albumin metabolism in experimental protein calorie malnutrition
Protein Calorie Malnutrition (PCM) is a term which embraces the broad spectrum of diseases occurring where diets are poor in protein. In most cases the diseases are due to an inadequate intake of utilizable protein. A small percentage of cases are due to excessive protein loss, (e.g. burns, …
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Prevention of malnutrition among the under five children in Kasempa district
… practices of care takers towards prevention of malnutrition among the under five children in Kasempa District. The study was conducted in different communities of the district.The main objective of the study was to determine the knowledge, attitudes and practices of care takers towards the …
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Factors contributing to Malnutrition in Solwezi Urban of North Western Province
This study was a case study on the problem of malnutrition in Solwezi Urban District. The study looked at how different members of the cooperatives, non government organisation and government institution, as well as the community itself individual were coordinating and trying to bring about …
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Prevention of malnutrition among the under five children in Kasempa district
… practices of care takers towards prevention of malnutrition among the under five children in Kasempa District. The study was conducted in different communities of the district.The main objective of the study was to determine the knowledge, attitudes and practices of care takers towards the …
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Malnutrition among Bangladeshi women in ultra poor households: prevalence and determinants.
Background: Malnutrition is widespread and has been recognized as a public health problem in Bangladesh. People living in absolute poverty are more susceptible to infection, disease and malnutrition. Nearly one-quarter to one-third population of Bangladesh live under extreme poverty – they are …
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The inter-relationship of gastro-enteritis and malnutrition in Cape Town
… the industrially underdeveloped countries where malnutrition and retarded development are a feature of infancy and early childhood. In a recent review Ordway indicated the emphasis that is put on (1) the high morbidity and mortality rates among infants and young children, (2) the association with …
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The inter-relationship of gastro-enteritis and malnutrition in Cape Town
… the industrially underdeveloped countries where malnutrition and retarded development are a feature of infancy and early childhood. In a recent review Ordway indicated the emphasis that is put on (1) the high morbidity and mortality rates among infants and young children, (2) the association with …
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The inter-relationship of gastro-enteritis and malnutrition in Cape Town
… the industrially underdeveloped countries where malnutrition and retarded development are a feature of infancy and early childhood. In a recent review Ordway indicated the emphasis that is put on (1) the high morbidity and mortality rates among infants and young children, (2) the association with …
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Hungering for Survival: Trends in under-5 malnutrition and attributable disease burden
<italic>Background</italic> Child malnutrition is a known risk factor for a myriad childhood diseases and causes of death, including intestinal infectious diseases, acute respiratory infections, measles, malaria, and protein-energy malnutrition. The nutrition literature lacks estimates of deaths …
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