OBJECTIVE To define a de facto reference body mass index (BMI) for women in developing countries and compare its performance with the Quetelet BMI. DESIGN A logarithmic equation for elite wt/ht references was developed using the weight (wt) and height (ht) of 10,524 non-pregnant elite mothers. Functional outcomes were compared using both BMIs. SETTING Forty-six national surveys from 36 deve...

The study of nutritional status based on mid upper arm circumference (MUAC) among pre-school children in India is very limited. Therefore, a study was carried out from February to June 2006 in three municipal wards of the North 24 Parganas district, West Bengal, India, to determine the nutritional status based on MUAC among urban, poor pre-school children. Undernutrition was defined based on ag...

The problem of undernutrition is a threat to the development child. role family critical in chalking developmental trajectory an undernourished This study explores whether interpersonal relations among parents and home environment predicts children. Findings reveal that relationships, socioeconomic status, partner violence significantly predicted child’s nutrition (R2=.403). children were less ...

In Nigeria, decades of protracted military rule deepened poverty and created a situation in which many children are undernourished. According to the last National Demographic and Health Survey (NDHS, 2003), 29% of Nigerian children under five years are considered underweight. Today Nigeria is among the ten countries in the world with the largest number of underweight children, with an estimated...

Patients requiring intravenous nutrition possess a wide variety of metabolic and nutritional abnormalities before therapy is started (Woods & Marston, 1977; Newton et al. 1979). However, little information is available concerning the alterations in nutritional measurements occurring either during the process of intravenous feeding or during convalescence. The purpose of this study was to compar...

Orange Fleshed Sweet Potatoes (OFSPs) is an excellent nutrition sensitive function food. It contains dense amount of carotene and also rich in proximate nutrients. A wide number cultivars OFSPs has been developed worldwide, particularly sub-Saharan Africa Asia. In Bangladesh, sixteen have developed. Carotene content the surpasses all plant food carotene. good energy yielding The could, therefor...