OBJECTIVE To build a life table and determine the factors related to the time of treatment of undernourished children at a nutrition rehabilitation centre (CREN), São Paulo, Brazil. DESIGN Nutritional status was assessed from weight-for-age, height-for-age and BMI-for-age Z-scores, while neuropsychomotor development was classified according to the milestones of childhood development. Life tab...

The concept of fetal programming, also known as developmental programming, was first hypothesized using human epidemiological data in which environmental stimulus in utero resulted in altered long term development, growth, and disease susceptibility in children from undernourished mothers during the Dutch famine (Barker et al., 1993). Recently, literature regarding the effects of fetal programm...

We report here the main characteristics of five new species 'Urmitella timonensis' strain Marseille-P2918T (CSUR P2918), 'Blautia marasmi' strain Marseille-P2377T (CSUR P2377), 'Lachnoclostridium pacaense' strain Marseille-P3100T (CSUR P3100), 'Bacillus marasmi' strain Marseille-P3556T (CSUR P3556) and 'Anaerotruncus rubiinfantis' strain MT15T (CSUR P2276), which were isolated recently from sto...

Abstract Background . The quality and quantity of food available to children affect their nutritional status, with implications for long-term health development. In Burkina Faso, households rely on rainfed agriculture, but climate change is making crop production unreliable. We explore spatial patterns growing season dimensions status complementary feeding practices in 6–23 months. Methods 2017...

BACKGROUND Information about risk factors of undernutrition and anaemia is useful to design appropriate strategies to control the health problems. In this study, the prevalence and factors associated with undernutrition and anaemia were assessed among school children in Abchikeli and Ayalew Mekonnen Elementary Schools, northwest Ethiopia, in February and March 2010. METHODS A cross-sectional ...

Reducing child undernutrition is a key social policy objective of the Ethiopian government. Despite substantial reduction over the last decade and a half, child undernutrition is still high; with 48 percent of children either stunted, underweight or wasted, undernutrition remains an important child health challenge. The existing literature highlights that targeting of efforts to reduce undernut...

Protein and energy malnutrition and iron-deficiency anaemia are widespread among preschool children in India. Because of a poor antibody response in severely malnourished children admitted to hospital it has been suggested that mass vaccination programmes would not be effective in populations where malnutrition is widespread. Earlier studies by this institute, however, have shown that most chil...