During a 17-month period, we performed retrospective analyses of the prevalence of and clinical symptoms associated with human metapneumovirus (hMPV) infection, among patients in a university hospital in The Netherlands. All available nasal-aspirate, throat-swab, sputum, and bronchoalveolar-lavage samples (N=1515) were tested for hMPV RNA by reverse-transcriptase polymerase chain reaction. hMPV...

OBJECTIVE To characterize the epidemiology of wasting and identify the main predictors of wasting, severe wasting and poor weight-for-height in children. DESIGN We analysed a nationally representative sample of 2028 children (Multiple Indicator Survey, 2010). SETTING Royal Kingdom of Bhutan. SUBJECTS Children aged 0-23 months. RESULTS Wasting prevalence was significantly higher among in...

BACKGROUND During the last two decades, researchers have devoted considerable attention to the role of maternal feeding behaviors, practices, and styles in the development of obesity in young children. Little is known, however, about the consistency of maternal feeding across settings and time. The purpose of this paper was to provide data on this issue by examining the consistency of observed ...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Inappropriate complementary feeding is a major cause of child malnutrition and death. This study determined the complementary feeding knowledge, practices, minimum dietary diversity, and acceptable diet among mothers of under-five children in an urban Local Government Area of Lagos State, Southwest Nigeria. METHODS This descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted...

Studies of infant-feeding practices I abound in the recent anthropological literature, spurred by an interest in maternal and child health and by the infant formula controversy. The focus has been on the determinants of infant-feeding patterns and the nutritional effects of these patterns. These studies have looked at such variables as breastfeeding and weaning practices, the age when solid foo...

BACKGROUND Difficulty with feeding is common during early childhood. Behavioral techniques have shown considerable utility for difficult feeding, although large-scale studies of behavioral parenting interventions with typically developing young children, and in group formats, are limited. OBJECTIVE The current study aimed to evaluate the efficacy of a group-based, behavioral family interventi...