conclusions chronic and moderate malnutrition did not influence the cognitive function, the intelligence quotient, and the impulsivity index. background undernutrition is the most common cause of growth retardation in developing countries. we aimed to assess the effect of undernutrition on cognition, intelligence quotient, and impulsivity index of 7-11 year-old children in shiraz, southern iran...

introduction: a challenge for health care providers is that there will be a distinct rise globally in the number of elderly people aged 80 years and over. malnutrition is a well-known problem among elderly people. the aim of this study was to determine nutritional status and its associated risk factors in elderly nursing home residents in tehran, iran. methods: the cross-sectional study was car...

introduction: cancer and chemotherapy could decrease serum zinc level. in this study, serum zinc level was investigated at the beginning of cancer diagnosis and 3 months after chemotherapy in children with all types of cancer. method: in this cross sectional study forty-five 1-15 year old children who were newly diagnosed cancer cases (leukemia, lymphoma and solid tumor) were evaluated. patient...

background: the main objective of this study was to assess the malnutrition and some socio-economic related factors based on three ethnic groups among primary school children in north of iran in 2010 . methods: this cross-sectional study was carried out through multistage cluster random sampling on 5698 subjects (2505 fars-native, 2154 turkman, and 1039 sistani) in 112 schools. well-trained sta...

abstract background: normal pregnancy and its successful outcome require intake of sufficient food. undesirable nutrition is directly associated with pregnancy outcome, therefore, its prevention is the best strategy to maintain maternal and fetal health. the present study was conducted to investigate the prevalence of malnutrition during pregnancy and associated factors in women of ardal county...

background malnutrition and infections are widespread in almost all developing countries. the aim of this study was to investigating prevalence and some of the determinants of malnutrition and intestinal parasitic infections among preschool children in shahroud, iran. materials and methods at across-sectional study, the all preschool children (1,850 cases), in shahroud city as simple census, we...

background:extrauterine growth restriction remains a common and serious problem in newborns especially who are small, immature, and critically ill. very low birth weight infants (vlbw) had 97% and 40% growth failure at 36 weeks and 18-22 months post-conceptual age respectively. the postnatal development of premature infants is critically dependent on an adequate nutritional intake that mimics a...

background : malnutrition represents an important issue in older adults; unfortunately, there is lack of data concerning this topic in lebanon. this paper aims to provide a description of nutritional status and its correlates in older adults living in long stay institutions situated in beirut. methods : this cross-sectional study was conducted in three long stay institutions in beirut in 2012. ...

Malnutrition in children and women is a major publichealth problem in most of the developing countries and Protein Energy Malnutrition (PEM) is more common among underfive year children. Childhood malnutrition is major underlying cause (>50%) of the under 5 year children deaths. Every year 7.6 million children die such preventable malnutrition and its related causes. Similarly, next prevalent c...

it is very important for a child with cancer to have a normal process of growth. then management of child's nutritional status and his/her security protection is necessary. the objectives of this article were to assess nutritional status, to find reasons for malnutrition, to introduce a suitable nutritional regimen, to evaluate psychological status, to educate the child and his/her family ...