BACKGROUND Stunting affects about one-quarter of children under five worldwide. The pathogenesis of stunting is poorly understood. Nutritional interventions have had only modest effects in reducing stunting. We hypothesized that insufficiency in essential amino acids may be limiting the linear growth of children. METHODS We used a targeted metabolomics approach to measure serum amino acids, g...

Pregnant mothers in Bangladesh are exposed to very high and worsening levels of ambient air pollution. Maternal exposure to fine particulate matter has been associated with low birth weight at much lower levels of exposure, leading us to suspect the potentially large effects of air pollution on stunting in children in Bangladesh. We estimate the relationship between exposure to air pollution in...

BACKGROUND Childhood stunting has been associated with an increased risk of obesity in adulthood, but the causes are unclear. This study hypothesizes that stunting significantly reduces both resting and activity energy expenditure. AIM To assess and describe energy expenditure of low socio-economic Maya children and to determine whether stunting is independently related to energy expenditure ...

OBJECTIVE To explore the association between birth season and physical development and provide a necessary reference value to inform the implementation of public health services. DESIGN Cross-sectional study. SETTING Forty-five counties in ten provinces in western China in 2005. SUBJECTS A sample of 13,387 children under 3 years old and their mothers were recruited using a stratified, mul...

As measured by degree of stunting, close to half of India's children suffer from chronic malnutrition and about a quarter from severe chronic malnutrition. Data from the 1998-1999 National Family Health Survey (NFHS) are analysed to assess whether recommended infant feeding practices help to alleviate the prevalence of stunting. The evidence supports some recommended practices, including the ad...

INTRODUCTION Malnutrition in preschool children is a significant problem and has been identified by the World Health Organization (WHO) as the most lethal form of malnutrition, indirectly or directly causes an annual death of at least 5 million children worldwide. The object of this study was to estimated the rate of underweight, stunting and wasting among preschool children in northeast of Ira...

OBJECTIVE To determine the frequency of underweight and stunting among the children entering first year of school and to assess its associated factors. METHODS This descriptive, analytical study was conducted at 5 schools of Rabwah, Pakistan, from August to September 2015, and comprised all students who got admission in the selected schools during the study period. Name, father's name, gender...

BACKGROUND Poor nutritional status of adolescent girls has a negative effect on the next generation as undernourished adolescents enter pregnancy with poor nutrient reserve. However, there is scarcity of evidence showing the burden of stunting among adolescent girls in Ethiopia. Therefore, the objective of this study aimed to assess prevalence of stunting and associated factors among school ado...

Stunting remains a major public health concern worldwide. Although its global prevalence is slowly decreasing, the actual number of affected children is still rising in Sub-Saharan Africa. In the Central African Republic (CAR), about one third of all children below the age of five are stunted. Stunting is correlated with many long-term consequences, including poor cognitive development and a hi...

OBJECTIVES To determine the nutritional status and validity of mid upper arm circumference (MAC) in diagnosing malnutrition among preschool children. DESIGN Cross-sectional household survey. SETTING 47 villages in District Ambala, Haryana. SUBJECTS 3747 children aged less than six years. METHODOLOGY Trained field workers recorded age, weight, length/ height and MAC of children. Prevalen...