Background : Acute appendicitis is one of the commonest surgical emergencies in children and malnutrition prevalent country. This study was designed to compare if complicated occurs more malnourished children.
 Materials methods: cross-sectional conducted Department Paediatric Surgery, Chittagong Medical College Hospital from March 2017 December 2019 with 155 children. Anthropometric measu...

Background: Schizophrenia is known to be associated with metabolic and or nutritional derangements among institutionalized patients due multiple reasons that may have a negative impact on the recovery process. Aims: To determine prevalence of overweight underweight their factors diagnosed schizophrenia at long-stay facilities National Institute Mental Health (NIMH) Halfway Home, Mulleriyawa, Sr...

Background: Childhood obesity is considered as a major concern since couple of decades. The increasing prevalence childhood clear and concerns about the future health impact are currently well documented. Low level physical activity, high quantity fat rich junk food consumption prolonged leisure time with television (TV) viewing were reported to be significantly associated obesity.
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INTRODUCTION The aim of this study was to address the current scenario of LBW and infant nutritional and to analyze the effect of maternal status and pattern of their breast feeding practices on perinatal and postnatal infant development. METHODS Cross-sectional study design with structured questionnaires was used among 510 mother-infant pair to collect data. Maternal anthropometric, socio-ec...

SETTING An urban slum in Kamrangirchar, Bangladesh. OBJECTIVES Among children aged 6-59 months seeking medical care from the two Médecins Sans Frontières-supported primary health centres, to determine 1) the prevalence of severe acute malnutrition (SAM) and severe chronic malnutrition (SCM), and 2) the extent of overlap between SAM and SCM. DESIGN In a retrospective record review, data were...

This cluster-randomized interventional trial at periurban settings of Karachi was conducted to evaluate the impact of maternal educational messages regarding appropriate complementary feeding (CF) on the nutritional status of their infants after 30 weeks of educational interventions delivered by trained community health workers. Mothers in the intervention group received three education modules...

The present study aimed for assessing the anthropometry and dietary intake from packed lunch. The study was conducted in UAS campus school, Hebbal, Bengaluru. One hundred and twenty school children were selected based on random sampling technique in the age group of 13-15 years studying in 8 th and 9 th standard, of both genders were divided into boys (n=67) and girls (n=53) groups. A well-stru...

BACKGROUND: In several studies in Indonesia, low birth weight (LBW) is shown as the most dominant risk factor for stunting. Some of causes LBW are chronic energy deficiency during pregnancy, anemia lack nutrient supply pregnancy complications, maternal parity, and spacing. this case, women commonly suffer from micronutrient deficiencies including iodine, iron, Vitamin A, zinc, folate. Related t...