Determinants of nutritional status during the first 1000 days of life in Lebanon: Sex of the child matters

RF Chehab, L Nasreddine… - Paediatric and Perinatal …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Background The first 1000 days of life support child growth and long‐term health, but few
studies address this period in Lebanon and the Eastern Mediterranean Region. Objective To …

[HTML][HTML] Birth length is the strongest predictor of linear growth status and stunting in the first 2 years of life after a preconception maternal nutrition intervention: the …

NF Krebs, KM Hambidge, JL Westcott… - The American Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
ABSTRACT Background The multicountry Women First trial demonstrated that nutritional
supplementation initiated prior to conception (arm 1) or early pregnancy (arm 2) and …

Is home birth a marker for severe malnutrition in early infancy in urban communities of low‐income countries?

BO Olusanya, JK Renner - Maternal & Child Nutrition, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
This matched case‐control study set out to determine the association between place of
delivery and severe undernutrition in early infancy in a low‐income country. All infants (aged …

Undernutrition in early life: using windows of opportunity to break the vicious cycle

KH Misgina - 2022 - research.rug.nl
Abstract The Sustainable Development Goal (SDG 2) targets the intergenerational cycle of
chronic undernutrition and its consequences by their focus on optimizing maternal and child …

Preconception nutrition intervention improved birth length and reduced stunting and wasting in newborns in South Asia: The Women First Randomized Controlled …

SM Dhaded, KM Hambidge, SA Ali, M Somannavar… - Plos one, 2020 - journals.plos.org
South Asia has> 50% of the global burden of low birth weight (LBW). The objective was to
determine the extent to which maternal nutrition interventions commenced before …

Determinants of undernutrition in children under five years in the Southern Africa sub-region: A scoping review

GGW Mukisa, TTW Shumba… - Journal of Health …, 2024 - digital.car.chula.ac.th
Background: Undernutrition remains a fundamental public health challenge responsible for
impaired growth, mortality, and morbidity in children under five years. This review aimed to …

Seasonal variation in the prevalence of acute undernutrition among children under five years of age in east rural Ethiopia: a longitudinal study

G Egata, Y Berhane, A Worku - BMC public health, 2013 - Springer
Background Malnutrition is a deficiency state of both macro and micronutrients (under-
nutrition) and their over consumption (over-nutrition) causing measurable adverse effects on …

The contribution of preterm birth and intrauterine growth restriction to childhood undernutrition in T anzania

A Sania, D Spiegelman, J Rich‐Edwards… - Maternal & child …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives were to examine the growth patterns of preterm and growth‐restricted infants and
to evaluate the associations of prematurity and intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) with …

Association of maternal height and body mass index with nutrition of children under 5 years of age in India: Evidence from comprehensive national nutrition survey …

A Porwal, PK Agarwal, S Ashraf… - Asia Pacific journal …, 2021 - search.informit.org
Background and Objectives: Child undernutrition remains an area of public health concern
across the globe, particularly in developing countries like India. Previous studies have …

Factors associated with adverse nutritional status of children in sub‐Saharan Africa: Evidence from the Demographic and Health Surveys from 31 countries

ST Adedokun, S Yaya - Maternal & child nutrition, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Undernutrition is linked to almost half of all deaths in under‐five children. In 2019, 144
million under‐five children suffered from stunting and 47 million suffered from wasting. This …