BackgroundIn most of the developing countries, the girl child is ill fed and undernourished. 1 Quite often the root cause of malnutrition among girls is not so much the lack of food as the lack of access to food. Thus undernourished girls who grow into undernourished women perpetuate the intergenerational undernourishment cycle.2 Aims and objectives1To assess the health status of female child, ...

• Of the 165 million children under 5 years of age who are stunted in the world, more than one-third of them (57.9 million) live in India, and of the 120 million children under 5 in India, approximately 48% are stunted. These undernourished children have an increased risk of mortality, illness and infections, delayed development, cognitive deficits, poorer school performance, and fewer years in...

This study aimed to assess the determinants of under nutrition among under-two year old children of rural Bangladesh. The data of the National Nutrition Program baseline survey conducted in 2004 was analyzed, which included 8,885 under-two children and their mothers. Among the children studied, 41%, 35% and 18% were stunted, underweight, and wasted; and 16%, 11.5% and 3% were severely-stunted, ...

MALNUTRITION is still widely prevalent in children in many underdeveloped countries of the world, and a certain number show manifestations of vitamin A deficiency. Electroretinography in cases of vitamin A deficiency in children and adults has been extensively studied by Dhanda (1952-1956). As vitamin A deficiency occurs mainly in children with severe malnutrition, it was considered desirable t...

BACKGROUND This initiative sought to improve nutrition delivery in critically ill children with heart disease admitted to the cardiac ICU (CICU) and neonates undergoing stage 1 palliation (S1P) for single-ventricle physiology through interdisciplinary team interventions. Specific goals were increased caloric and protein delivery for all patients and a more nourished state for infants with singl...

BACKGROUND Preschool children call for focused attention in India because India has the highest percentage of undernourished children in the world. OBJECTIVE To compare the growth and nutritional status of Indian preschool children for the periods 1998/99 and 2005/06, SUBJECTS AND METHODS Using data on weight and length/height as well as the sociodemographic background of preschool children...

Aim. Despite high levels of malnutrition, there is still very little information on the nutritional benefits of Spirulina, a natural alga that provides essential amino acids, rare essential lipids, and numerous minerals and vitamins, to undernourished children in the world. Methods. We carried out a prospective study of 50 children aged between six and 60 months. The intervention group consiste...

OBJECTIVES We investigated the relative benefit of maternal multiple micronutrient (MMN) supplementation during pregnancy and until 3 months postpartum compared with iron/folic acid supplementation on child development at preschool age (42 months). METHODS We assessed 487 children of mothers who participated in the Supplementation with Multiple Micronutrients Intervention Trial, a cluster-ran...