Effective interventions to address maternal and child malnutrition: an update of the evidence

EC Keats, JK Das, RA Salam, ZS Lassi… - The Lancet Child & …, 2021 - thelancet.com
Malnutrition—consisting of undernutrition, overweight and obesity, and micronutrient
deficiencies—continues to afflict millions of women and children, particularly in low-income …

Vitamin A update: forms, sources, kinetics, detection, function, deficiency, therapeutic use and toxicity

A Carazo, K Macáková, K Matoušová, LK Krčmová… - Nutrients, 2021 - mdpi.com
Vitamin A is a group of vital micronutrients widely present in the human diet. Animal-based
products are a rich source of the retinyl ester form of the vitamin, while vegetables and fruits …

Burden of anemia and its underlying causes in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: results from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

S Safiri, AA Kolahi, M Noori, SA Nejadghaderi… - Journal of hematology & …, 2021 - Springer
Background Anemia is a common disease which affects around 40% of children and 30% of
reproductive age women and can have major health consequences. The present study …

[BUKU][B] WHO recommendations on maternal and newborn care for a positive postnatal experience

World Health Organization - 2022 - books.google.com
This guideline aims to improve the quality of essential, routine postnatal care for women and
newborns with the ultimate goal of improving maternal and newborn health and well-being …

Worldwide trends in diabetes since 1980: a pooled analysis of 751 population-based studies with 4· 4 million participants

B Zhou, Y Lu, K Hajifathalian, J Bentham, M Di Cesare… - The lancet, 2016 - thelancet.com
Background One of the global targets for non-communicable diseases is to halt, by 2025, the
rise in the age-standardised adult prevalence of diabetes at its 2010 levels. We aimed to …

[PDF][PDF] Nutritional anaemias: tools for effective prevention and control

World Health Organization - 2017 - apps.who.int
NUTRITIONAL ANAEMIAS: TOOLS FOR EFFECTIVE PREVENTION AND CONTROL Page 1 WHO
I Nutritional anaemias: tools for effective prevention and control I NUTRITIONAL ANAEMIAS …

Global food nutrients analysis reveals alarming gaps and daunting challenges

X Wang, Z Dou, S Feng, Y Zhang, L Ma, C Zou, Z Bai… - Nature Food, 2023 - nature.com
Eliminating both overt and hidden hunger is at the core of the global food and nutrition
security agenda. Yet, the collective state of nutrition security at the population level is not …

Epidemiology of blindness in children

AL Solebo, L Teoh, J Rahi - Archives of disease in childhood, 2017 - adc.bmj.com
An estimated 14 million of the world's children are blind. A blind child is more likely to live in
socioeconomic deprivation, to be more frequently hospitalised during childhood and to die …

[HTML][HTML] Global estimation of dietary micronutrient inadequacies: a modelling analysis

S Passarelli, CM Free, A Shepon, T Beal… - The Lancet Global …, 2024 - thelancet.com
Background Inadequate micronutrient intakes and related deficiencies are a major
challenge to global public health. Analyses over the past 10 years have assessed global …

Micronutrient supplementation and fortification interventions on health and development outcomes among children under-five in low-and middle-income countries: a …

E Tam, EC Keats, F Rind, JK Das, ZA Bhutta - Nutrients, 2020 - mdpi.com
Micronutrient deficiencies continue to be widespread among children under-five in low-and
middle-income countries (LMICs), despite the fact that several effective strategies now exist …