in an attempt to depict the nutritional status of kurdish refugee children under five years of age. a rapid survey was conducted on 900 children in 9 camps of kurdistan and bakhtaran province in may 1991. the study included anthropometric measurements on all. clinical examination of 731, and biochemical tests for anemia and protein energy malnutrition (pem) on 160 subjects. the results showed h...

Introduction: Protein Energy Malnutrition is a leading nutritional problem in India. This causes mortality and morbidity among children and can impair physical and cognitive development of the children. The study aimed at assessing the Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice (KAP) regarding dietary practices in prevention of malnutrition among mothers of under five children. Materials and Methods: A ...

Methods We performed a single center observational study of patients treated in medical and surgical intensive care units in Boston, Massachusetts. We studied 1,685 patients age ≥ 18 years, who received critical care following TBI between 1997 and 2011. The exposure of interest, malnutrition, was determined via a Registered Dietitian formal assessment within 48 hours of ICU admission and catego...

UNLABELLED The Brazilian Ministry of Health and the World Health Organization recommend dietary counseling for patients with malnutrition during tuberculosis treatment. Patients under tuberculosis therapy (infected and not infected with HIV) were followed-up to evaluate the effectiveness of dietary counseling. OBJECTIVE describe the nutritional status of patients with tuberculosis. METHODS ...

Nutritionally-related health patterns in the Middle East have changed significantly during the last two decades. The main forces that have contributed to these changes are the rapid changes in the demographic characteristics of the region, speedy urbanization, and social development in the absence of steady and significant economic growth. Within these changes, the Middle East has the highest d...

BACKGROUND Protein energy malnutrition is commonly associated with immune dysfunctions and is a major factor in susceptibility to infectious diseases. METHODS In this study, we evaluated the impact of protein energy malnutrition on the capacity of monocytes and macrophages to upregulate arginase, an enzyme associated with immunosuppression and increased pathogen replication. RESULTS Our res...

I . The ‘big’ insulin content of the serums from ten children with protein-energy malnutrition was estimated before, during and after 3-6 weeks of treatment. The valucs for immunoreactive insulin (IRI) after intravenous injections of glucose were almost normal, with one exception, although tolerance was impaired. In addition, total body potassium content (TBK) was measured for three of the chil...

Serum magnesium levels were measured by atomic absorption spectrophotometry in 46 malnourished and 12 healthy children, aged 3 months to 5 years. The nutritional status of children was classified in relation to weight for age and height for age using the Indian Academy of Pediatrics and the Waterlow classifications, respectively. NCHS data were used for the purposes of comparison. Serum magnesi...