Background: Obesity has become one of the most important health problems worldwide. Body mass index (BMI) is a clinical assessment overweight and obesity in children, although mid-upper arm circumference (MUAC) more straightforward, especially for parents. Objectives: This study aimed to investigate relationship between MUAC BMI children aged 6 - 12 years. Methods: cross-sectional was performed...

Background: Globally, the number of neo­natal death in 2018 was 7,000 cases per day. Three-quarters deaths occurred first week life and 40% them died 24 hours after birth. Neonatal is affected by various factors such as direct from baby indirect mother. It also external socioeconomic conditions. This study aimed to examine biological socio-demographic affecting neonatal Karanganyar Regency, Cen...

Abstract Background and Aims Low values for anthropometric indicators are risk factors adverse clinical outcomes among patients on hemodialysis (HD). Anthropometric parameters time-dependent; thus, reliance only baseline measurements may not sufficiently capture important patient outcomes. Nonetheless, little is known about the associations between trajectory of prognosis. We examined a one-yea...

Background and Objective: Handgrip strength (HGS) is used for continuous and systematic assessment of muscle mass related to nutritional status in hemodialysis (HD) patients. This study aimed to evaluate the ability of the HGS test to assess the nutritional status of hemodialysis patients. Materials and Methods: Data were collected from 104 patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) undergoing ...

BACKGROUND Reports on the cardiorespiratory fitness and body composition of male workers engaged in processing of tea leaves in factories within the tea-estates of West Bengal, under the influence of physiological workload, are quite scanty. OBJECTIVES This cross-sectional study was conducted to evaluate morphometric characteristics based on physiological status and physical fitness of tea fa...

Abstract Background Undernutrition during pregnancy is an important public health problem. It highly prevalent in Ethiopia but not sufficiently addressed yet. Hence, this study aimed to assess the prevalence of undernutrition and its associated factors among pregnant mothers Konso district, Ethiopia. Methods Community-based cross-sectional was conducted with a qualitative inquiry from December ...

The aim of this study was to establish the manner in which the LEPR 223, 1019, 492, and 976 gene polymorphisms influence child obesity.We performed a prospective case-control study on 264 hospitalized children from Romania (Nutrichild study) whom we divided into 2 groups: Group I -143 controls and Group II-121 obese children.The 2 groups were evaluated regarding the anthropometry (MUAC, TST, H/...

AIM The study aimed to demonstrate that the assessment of the anthropomorphic measurements of children with cerebral palsy (CP) varies according to the type of motor dysfunction and references standard used for comparison. METHOD In a cross-sectional design, 108 children 2 to 16 years were classified according to the type of motor dysfunction by gender and age group. Weight, mid-upper-arm-cir...

A study was conducted in Simanjiro district in northern Tanzania to determine the nutritional status of underfive children in a pastoral community. Weight and height measurements were carried out on 250 children and that of mean upper arm circumference (MUAC) on 226 children. The z-scores of weight-for-age, weight-for-height and height-for-age indicated that 31.2% of the children were underweig...