1 Nutrient-rich foods must be available to the family. Sufficient nutrient-rich foods must be available where the family can buy them, and must be affordable. 2 Children must consume enough nutrient-rich foods. Children must be given enough nutrient-rich food to eat. Food must be prepared in such a way that the nutrients are preserved and easily absorbed. For most foods, this means not overcook...

OBJECTIVES To apply a cluster analysis to groups of individuals of similar characteristics in an attempt to identify undernutrition or the risk of undernutrition in this population. METHODS DESIGN A cross-sectional study. SETTING Seven public nursing homes in the province of Murcia, on the Mediterranean coast of Spain. PARTICIPANTS 205 subjects aged 65 and older (131 women and 74 men)....

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the Mini Nutritional Assessment (MNA) test and the short-form MNA (MNA-SF) as screening tools for malnutrition risk and malnutrition in the free-living elderly of northwestern Spain. DESIGN transversal study. SETTING free-living elderly people of northwestern Spain. SUBJECTS 728 participants (36.4% men and 63.6% women), the average of age for both genders was 80.7 ± ...

In this paper we set out to explore the prevalence of child undernutrition found in community studies in affluent societies, but a preliminary literature review revealed that, in the absence of a gold standard method of diagnosis, the prevalence largely depends on the measure, threshold and the growth reference used, as well as age. We thus go on to explore describe the common clinical 'syndrom...

The purpose of this article is to document the metabolic and environmental factors associated with the increased frequency of obesity in the developing nations. While the prevalence of obesity in the developed countries is caused by the increased consumption of calorie-dense foods, in the developing nations, because obesity coexists with undernutrition, additional factors are necessary to accou...

We are in a race against time to eradicate the global scourge of undernutrition. Undernutrition cripples global economic growth and development, and future global prosperity and security are intimately linked with our ability to respond adequately to this urgent challenge. The new Series in The Lancet shows that undernutrition contributes to the deaths of about 3 million children each year—45% ...

About two of every five undernourished young children of the world live in India. These high levels of child undernutrition have persisted in India for several years, even in its relatively well-developed states. Moreover, this pattern was observed during a period of rapid economic growth. Evidence from India and other developing countries suggests that economic growth has little to no impact o...

States of undernutrition are characterized by GH resistance. Decreased total energy intake, as well as isolated protein-calorie malnutrition and isolated nutrient deficiencies, result in elevated GH levels and low levels of IGF1. We review various states of malnutrition and a disease state characterized by chronic undernutrition - anorexia nervosa - and discuss possible mechanisms contributing ...