A hospital-based study of severe acute malnutrition in infants less than six months and comparison with severe acute malnutrition in children 6–60 months

Possible Risk Factors Related to Malnutrition in 6-59-Month Children with Severe Acute Malnutrition in District Pakpattan, Punjab

Background: Malnutrition is responsible for one third of the mortality rate among children less than 5 years old. Worldwide, 54% of the child deaths are due to malnutrition and the caseload in Pakistan is equal to 46%. In the current study, we attempted to identify the possible risk factors related to malnutrition among6-59-month children in Pakpattan, Punjab province. Methods: A total of 500 s...

Research Priorities to Improve the Management of Acute Malnutrition in Infants Aged Less Than Six Months (MAMI)

1 Emergency Nutrition Network, Oxford, United Kingdom, 2 Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri, United States of America, 3 KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Kilifi, Kenya, 4 CARE, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, 5 Nutrition and Child Health Unit, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium, 6 Department for International Development, London, Unite...

Undernutrition and severe acute malnutrition in children

Correlation of Blood Lead Level in Mothers and Exclusively Breastfed Infants: A Study on Infants Aged Less Than Six Months

Background: It has been shown that there is a partial correlation between blood lead level (BLL) of infants and their mothers. This study was designed to evaluate the BLL of exclusively breast-fed infants less than 6 months of age and their mothers. Methods: This was a cross-sectional study on infants below 6 months of age and their mothers who were referred to Mashhad Imam Reza Hospital, Iran...

Management of severe acute malnutrition in children.

Severe acute malnutrition (SAM) is defined as a weight-for-height measurement of 70% or less below the median, or three SD or more below the mean National Centre for Health Statistics reference values, the presence of bilateral pitting oedema of nutritional origin, or a mid-upper-arm circumference of less than 110 mm in children age 1-5 years. 13 million children under age 5 years have SAM, and...