Objectives This study aims to improve the understanding of the relationship between exposure to floods and malnutrition in children aged 6-59 months in rural India. Research has focused exclusively on Bangladeshi children, and few controlled epidemiological studies are available. Method A community-based cross-sectional study of child nutritional status was carried out in 14 flooded and 18 non...

It is remarkable that malnutrition is still implicated in more than half the deaths of children worldwide. Malnutrition renders children chronically prone to illness and impairs intellectual development. It is within the power of governments to change this grievous legacy-our world can feed our world's children. Yet despite the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, article 24.2C...

Malnutrition burden is high. Trained volunteers present a growing workforce in the NHS and are increasingly engaged schemes that may be useful tackling malnutrition different settings. A recent systematic review of trained hospital setting reported improved patient satisfaction some improvement dietary intake patients. This explored effectiveness delivering nutritional interventions adults at r...

  Background: Malnutrition is one of the most important health issues especially in developing countries that can have adverse effects on physical and mental health of children, resulting in various infections. This study aims to evaluate the growth indices and nutritional status in children hospitalized at the pediatric ward of Shahid Sadoughi Hospital in Yazd, Iran in 2020. Methods: In this ...

Introduction: Children are one of the most vulnerable groups to sub-optimal nutritional intake in most societies. We have investigated some of the potential determinants of malnutrition in children of 2-5 years of age.   Methods and Materials: A cross sectional study was conducted to determine the relationship between nutritional status (weight for age, height for age and weight for height) and...