Conventional indicators - weight-for-age, height-for-age, weight-for-height and mid-upper arm circumference (MUAC) reflect different facets of the nutritional status. Weight-for-age is the most commonly used indicator. When used individually or in combination, conventional indices fail to depict the overall magnitude of undernutrition in the population. Composite Index of Anthropometric Failure...

The present study elucidates the effect of undernutrition on pulmonary functions in children. The study was carried out in healthy normals, wasted, wasted and stunted children. Spirometry was performed with Vitalograph Compact-II spirometer. Wasted, wasted and stunted children showed lower lung volumes, forced mid expiratory flow time and inspiratory flow rates than healthy normals. Wasted and ...

OBJECTIVE Development and validation of a quick and easy screening tool for the early detection of undernourished residents in nursing homes and residential homes. DESIGN Multi-center, cross sectional observational study. SETTING Nursing homes and residential homes. PARTICIPANTS The screening tool was developed in a total of 308 residents (development sample; sample A) and cross validated...

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES To identify what nurses experience as barriers to ensuring adequate nutritional care for the undernourished hospitalized elderly. BACKGROUND Undernutrition occurs frequently among the hospitalised elderly and can result in a variety of negative consequences if not treated. Nevertheless, undernutrition is often unrecognised and undertreated. Nurses have a great responsibili...

Objective: Development and validation of a quick and easy screening tool for the early detection of undernourished residents in nursing homes and residential homes. Design: Multi-center, cross sectional observational study. Setting: Nursing homes and residential homes. Participants: The screening tool was developed in a total of 308 residents (development sample; sample A) and cross validated i...

Undernutrition in early childhood is associated with poor mental development and affects 45% of children in Bangladesh. Although limited evidence shows that psychosocial stimulation can reduce the deficits, no such interventions have been reported from Bangladesh. The Bangladesh Integrated Nutrition Program (BINP) has provided nutrition supplementation to undernourished children through communi...

AIM We evaluated histologically the differences in the healing of cutaneous wounds on nourished or undernourished rats following laser phototherapy (LPT) (20 or 40 J/cm2). BACKGROUND Wound healing occurs due to a competitive mechanism between the synthesis and lysis of collagen. Any factor that increases the lysis or reduces the synthesis of collagen may change the healing process. Nutritiona...

The aim of the present study was to analyse the bacteriological factors during the process of dental alveolitis, relating it to a higher incidence of bacteraemia in adult rats subjected to neonatal malnutrition. We used forty male Wistar rats, suckled by mothers fed a diet during lactation containing 17 % protein in the nourished group (N) or 8 % protein in the undernourished group (UN). After ...