Severe childhood malnutrition

ZA Bhutta, JA Berkley, RHJ Bandsma… - Nature reviews Disease …, 2017 - nature.com
The main forms of childhood malnutrition occur predominantly in children< 5 years of age
living in low-income and middle-income countries and include stunting, wasting and …

[HTML][HTML] Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and the gut-liver axis: exploring an undernutrition perspective

KC Bauer, PT Littlejohn, V Ayala, A Creus-Cuadros… - Gastroenterology, 2022 - Elsevier
Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is a chronic condition affecting one quarter of the
global population. Although primarily linked to obesity and metabolic syndrome …

Impact of childhood malnutrition on host defense and infection

MK Ibrahim, M Zambruni, CL Melby… - Clinical microbiology …, 2017 - Am Soc Microbiol
The global impact of childhood malnutrition is staggering. The synergism between
malnutrition and infection contributes substantially to childhood morbidity and mortality …

Cosmetic and therapeutic applications of fish oil's fatty acids on the skin

TH Huang, PW Wang, SC Yang, WL Chou, JY Fang - Marine drugs, 2018 - mdpi.com
Fish oil has been broadly reported as a potential supplement to ameliorate the severity of
some skin disorders such as photoaging, skin cancer, allergy, dermatitis, cutaneous …

Effectiveness of interventions for managing acute malnutrition in children under five years of age in low-income and middle-income countries: a systematic review and …

JK Das, RA Salam, M Saeed, FA Kazmi, ZA Bhutta - Nutrients, 2020 - mdpi.com
Childhood malnutrition is a major public health concern, as it is associated with significant
short-and long-term morbidity and mortality. The objective of this review was to …

Ready‐to‐use therapeutic food (RUTF) for home‐based nutritional rehabilitation of severe acute malnutrition in children from six months to five years of age

A Schoonees, MJ Lombard… - Cochrane Database …, 2019 - cochranelibrary.com
Background Management of severe acute malnutrition (SAM) in children comprises two
potential phases: stabilisation and rehabilitation. During the initial stabilisation phase …

Inflammation: the driver of poor outcomes among children with severe acute malnutrition?

JP Sturgeon, JM Njunge, CD Bourke… - Nutrition …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Severe acute malnutrition (SAM) is the most life-threatening form of undernutrition and
underlies at least 10% of all deaths among children younger than 5 years in low-income …

N-3 PUFAs and their specialized pro-resolving lipid mediators on airway inflammatory response: beneficial effects in the prevention and treatment of respiratory …

J Zúñiga-Hernández, V Sambra, F Echeverría… - Food & Function, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Respiratory diseases include a wide range of pathologies with different clinical
manifestations, affecting the normal airways and lung function. An increase in the …

[HTML][HTML] Inpatient management of children with severe acute malnutrition: a review of WHO guidelines

KD Tickell, DM Denno - Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 2016 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Objective To understand how the World Health Organization's (WHO's) guidelines on the
inpatient care of children with complicated severe acute malnutrition may be strengthened to …

[HTML][HTML] Low linoleic acid foods with added DHA given to Malawian children with severe acute malnutrition improve cognition: a randomized, triple-blinded, controlled …

K Stephenson, M Callaghan-Gillespie, K Maleta… - The American Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background There is concern that the PUFA composition of ready-to-use therapeutic food
(RUTF) for the treatment of severe acute malnutrition (SAM) is suboptimal for neurocognitive …