Prevalence of malnutrition is a global phenomenon but the greatest contribution towards it is from the developing countries. Malnutrition impairs physical growth, cognitive functions of brain, physiological functions, immune response changes. Twenty Seven percent of children under 5 years are malnourished in the developing countries. India contributes to approximately 5.6 million child deaths a...

OBJECTIVE Estimate levels of and identify factors contributing to child malnutrition in Tigray, Northern Ethiopia. DESIGN Cross-sectional survey. SETTING Rural communities from four zones of Tigray. SUBJECTS Three hundred and eighteen under five children representing 587 randomly selected households were included. RESULTS Among the children surveyed, 46.9%, 33.0% and 11.6% were stunted,...

917 thousand By Ester Elisaria, IHI Malnutrition is one of the most serious health problems affecting infants, children and women of child age in Tanzania. Millions of children and women suffer from one or more forms of malnutrition, including stunting, underweight, wasting and anaemia. 40% of children aged less than 5 years have stunted growth, meaning they are short for their age, and 22% are...

BACKGROUND Maternal socio-demographic and health profiles are important determinants of malnutrition in children. In the 1990s, malnutrition was associated with low-birth-weight, young mothers and low maternal socio-economic status at Princess Marie Louise Children's Hospital (PML). It is not known how this has changed by efforts to achieve the Millennium Development Goals. We examined socio-de...

background: in india, child malnutrition is mostly the result of high levels of exposure to infection and inappropriate infant and young child feeding and caring practices and has its origins almost entirely during the first 2 to 3 years of life. this study aims in assessing the impact of breast feeding on child development of children at 3 years. methods: about 530 children at 3 years were ass...

BACKGROUND Child malnutrition is an important indicator for monitoring progress towards the Millennium Development Goals (MDG). This paper describes the methodology developed by the World Health Organization (WHO) to derive global and regional trends of child stunting and underweight, and reports trends in prevalence and numbers affected for 1990-2005. METHODS National prevalence data from 13...