Small for gestational age (SGA) infants have been classically defined as having birth weight
less than two standard deviations below the mean or less than the 10th percentile of a …

Sarcopenia is defined as the loss of skeletal muscle mass and strength with age (1). There is
increasing recognition of the serious health consequences of sarcopenia both in terms of …

288 for women, feeding frequency, immunization, and quality of substitute caretakers.
Among the developing-country regions, South Asia's particularly high child malnutrition rate …

One in three preschool children in developing countries is undernourished. Consequently,
they are likely to have impaired immune systems, poor cognitive development, low …

The problem of malnutrition in poor societies is best viewed as a “syndrome of
developmental impairment,” which includes growth failure; delayed motor, cognitive, and …

Low birth weight (LBW) remains a significant public health problem in many developing
countries, and poor nutrition both before and during pregnancy is recognized as an …

The prevalence of low birth weight (LBW) is higher in Asia than elsewhere, predominantly
because of undernutrition of the mother prior to and during pregnancy. There are qualitative …

This paper is concerned with the interconnections between gender inequality and maternal
deprivation, on the one hand, and the health of children (of either sex) and of adults that the …

Objective: To document the prevalence of overweight or obesity concurrent with stunting in
rural low-income Mexican children and to identify demographic and socio-economic …

The implications of direct nutrition interventions on women's nutrition, birth outcome and
stunting rates in children in South Asia are indisputable and well documented. In the last …