This study conducted among 302 infants aimed to determine the most suitable mid upper arm circumference cutoff to diagnose severe acute malnutrition (weight-for-length <-3 SD) in infants aged between 1 and 6 months. The cut off of 11.0 cm had the best performance (Youden index 0.63, sensitivity 82.5%, specificity 80.3%).

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the nutritional status of a group of cystic fibrosis patients and establish the role of nutrition education addressed to them in a comparative study before and after intervention. METHODS All cystic fibrosis patients in regular follow-up in the pulmonology clinic of Instituto da Crianca during 1996-99 were prospectively monitored for 3.5 years. Measurements of weight, he...

It is thought that 178 million children are underweight worldwide, and 20 million suffer from severe acute malnutrition each year, which carries a higher mortality. Growth parameters below a nominal cut-off indicate acute or chronic malnutrition, which are used as indicators for commencing therapeutic nutritional intervention in individuals and populations. The World Health Organization and Uni...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES This study validated the Malnutrition Universal Screening Tool (MUST) for nutritional screening in acutely unwell elderly patients against a reference assessment tool - Patient-Generated Subjective Global Assessment (PG-SGA). METHODS AND STUDY DESIGN One hundred and thirty two acutely admitted general medical patients contributed data for this study. In addition to p...

An exploratory descriptive approach was adopted in the study. The sample consisted of children aged 1 to 5 year. study conducted at selected urban slum Mandsaur city from 25 Nov 2021 31 Jan 2022. 450 (1-5 years) included using convenient sampling technique and screened for PEM by anthropometric measurement (weight, Height, Head circumference, Chest Mid arm circumference) instrument like electro...

BACKGROUND Achieving Millennium Development Goal 4 is dependent on significantly reducing neonatal mortality. Low birth weight is an underlying factor in most neonatal deaths. In developing countries the missed opportunity for providing life saving care is mainly a result of failure to identify low birth weight newborns. This study aimed at identifying a reliable anthropometric measurement for ...

OBJECTIVE: To study the effects on children of humanitarian aid agencies restricting help to refugee families (internally displaced people). DESIGN: Follow up study of 3 months. SETTING: Prabis peninsular outside Bissau, the capital of Guinea-Bissau, which has functioned as a refugee area for internally displaced people in the ongoing war, and the study area of the Bandim health project in Biss...

OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to examine the relation Mid Upper Arm Circumference (MUAC) with Body Mass Index (BMI) and waist-to-hip ratio among adult girls. METHODOLOGY A descriptive or cross-sectional conducted adolescent girls 18 plus by BS students at Jinnah college for women’s University Peshawar, in collaboration Pakistan Health Research Council (PHRC) Khyber Medical College Peshaw...

Growth of arm muscle, fat and water areas were evaluated longitudinally in a prospective study in 81 infants from birth to the age of 12 months. The percentage of arm fat area v the cross sectional upper arm area increased at the age of 15 days with a peak peak at the age of 6 months while arm muscle area increased progressively throughout the year. As arm water area represented only 1% of cros...