background: the co-existence of under and overnutrition might be influenced by a marked shift in dietary and lifestyle practices of people in developing countries. objective: this study aims to identify the factors associated with the occurrence of a dual form of malnutrition in the same households in a rural district in peninsular malaysia. methods: this study was conducted in two phases. the ...

background lack of independence and unwanted dependence on others for activities of daily living (adl) and decreased functional capacity affect nutritional status of the elderly. objectives the aim of this study was to determine the impact of functional capacity on malnutrition status in hospitalized elderly patients in the qazvin city of iran. patients and methods this cross sectional study wa...

  Background : Malnutrition is still a major health problem in the developing countries. It is recognized that 60% of deaths among children under five year in these countries are associated with malnutrition. The aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence of malnutrition in children under 5 years old in Iranshahr in 2011.   Materials and Methods : This is a cross-sectional de...

abstractintroduction: previous investigations have shown that protein malnutrition can alters the structure and function of some areas of hippocampal formation. we investigated the effect of protein malnutrition on amygdaloid projections to the ca1 hippocampal area. in this study we investigated level and pattern of distribution of efferent projections from amygdala to hippocampus in the rat by...

malnutrition-related diabetes mellitus (mrdm) is a major form of secondary diabetes, restricted to tropical developing countries. we studied 200 cases of diabetes mellitus aged 6-18 years in fars province to find the prevalence of mrdm. there were 14 cases who had clinical and laboratory findings compatible with mrdm. the mean age at presentation was 8.6±3 years, with a male to female ratio of3...

The protein-energy malnutrition (PEM) is an important public health problem. This study aimed to perform a systematic review of articles published in English and Portuguese in the last decade, aimed at research on experimental malnutrition. It was selected studies published from January 2006 to August 2015. The descriptors used were from “modelo de desnutrição” and “model of malnutrition”. The ...

objective too much restriction of dietary proteins can cause severe protein malnutrition,which can occur in adjusting the diet for some kinds of aminoacidopathies, urea cycle disorder and organic academia. this report presents the case of a 1.5-year-old boy with history of phenylketonuria with a three weeks history of erythematous scaly plaques and edema of his extremities; he had a history of ...

Background Anemia and malnutrition remain a public health challenge in developing worlds. during nonpregnant state is one of the neglected medical conditions affecting reproductive-age women around world. Globally, it estimated that one-third all are anemic. Although has negative consequences extensive burden, anemia nonreproductive-age rarely studied Africa. In Ethiopia, studies investigating ...