Malnutrition of early childhood is the outcome of a number of complex and related factors, insufficiency or imbalance of dietary intake being just one of many. It has been only fairly recently realized, for instance, just how considerable a part recurring infection plays in the stepwise progress of falter and inadequate rehabilitation by which the young child becomes malnourished. Furthermore, ...

Objective. The purpose is to show lipid peroxide’s serum concentration trend during a four-week nutritional recovery period in children with primary and severe protein energy malnutrition (PEM). Methods. In a clinical intervention 12 primarily and severely malnourished children (three to 48 months of age) were included. Dependent variable: Serum lipid peroxide (LPO) concentration (nmol/mL). Ind...

Patients with neurologic dysfunction are at increased risk for malnutrition due to a combination of cognitive, behavioral and mechanical problems. Cohort studies have shown that 20-50% of hospital patients are malnourished (McWhirter & Pennington, 1994; Norman et al., 2008; Kurien et al., 2010), and 20-40% of critically ill patients show evidence of proteinenergy malnutrition (Ziegler, 2009). A...

Background: Liver Cirrhosis (LC) is a state of accelerated starvation. A late evening snack improves proteinenergy malnutrition, caused by overnight starvation and the catabolic state of patients with LC. This study was designed to evaluate the effects of amazake, a traditional sweet Japanese beverage, as a late evening snack for cirrhotic patients. Methods: Serum biochemical parameters and the...

Background: Bangladesh incurs among the highest prevalence of stunting and micronutrient deficiencies in the world, despite efforts against diarrheal disease, respiratory infections, and proteinenergy malnutrition which have led to substantial and continuous reductions in child mortality over the past 35 years. Although programs have generally paid more attention to other micronutrients, the lo...

Aflatoxins are natural contaminants of food crops implicated in the pathogenesis of various human diseases. This study aimed to determine the associations between aflatoxins and proteinenergy malnutrition (PEM) by measurements of aflatoxins in serum, urine and food on plate of Nigerian children with PEM. A crosssectional study was undertaken in 3 agroecological regions of Nigeria (Guinea savann...

background and purpose: nutrition plays a key role in maintaining and promoting health and preventing diseases. in most medical schools, nutrition education is not sufficient and only 26% of college students have proper nutritional education programs. physicians should use their knowledge through education and counseling with patients and healthy people to increase people’s level of health. poo...

  Background: Malnutrition is one of the most important health issues especially in developing countries that can have adverse effects on physical and mental health of children, resulting in various infections. This study aims to evaluate the growth indices and nutritional status in children hospitalized at the pediatric ward of Shahid Sadoughi Hospital in Yazd, Iran in 2020. Methods: In this ...

Hospitalized patients who are undernourished are more likely to develop clinical complications and have relatively poor outcomes, with increased length of stay (LOS)1 and higher mortality compared with well-nourished patients. Provision of adequate nutritional support reduces the complication rate and improves outcome (1 ). Considerable efforts have therefore been made to identify patients at r...