News tagged with undernutrition


Food supplements have little effect on the weight of malnourished children

Providing energy dense food supplements within a general household food distribution has little effect on the weight of children at risk of malnutrition

Overweight and Obesity created Sep 18, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Developing world has less than 5 percent chance of meeting UN child hunger target, study estimates

Insufficient progress has been made in most developing countries to meet the United Nations' target of halving the proportion of children who suffer from hunger by 2015 compared with 1990 levels, according to a systematic ...

Health created Jul 04, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Childhood famine increases risk of type 2 diabetes

(HealthDay) -- Even a short period of moderate or severe undernutrition or famine during childhood or adolescence can increase the risk of developing type 2 diabetes in adulthood, according to research published ...

Diabetes created Jun 05, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Prenatal micronutrient, food supplementation intervention in Bangladesh decreases child death rate

Pregnant women in poor communities in Bangladesh who received multiple micronutrients, including iron and folic acid combined with early food supplementation, had substantially improved survival of their newborns, ...

Health created May 15, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Undernutrition in childhood, adolescence or young adulthood increases risk of heart disease later

A study of women who were children, teenagers or young adults during the Dutch famine in 1944-45 has shown that undernutrition, particularly in the adolescent years, is associated with an increased risk of coronary heart ...

Cardiology created Aug 25, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast