Acute malnutrition in children: pathophysiology, clinical effects and treatment

V Dipasquale, U Cucinotta, C Romano - Nutrients, 2020 - mdpi.com
Acute malnutrition is a nutritional deficiency resulting from either inadequate energy or
protein intake. Children with primary acute malnutrition are common in develo** countries …

Global burden of childhood pneumonia and diarrhoea

CLF Walker, I Rudan, L Liu, H Nair, E Theodoratou… - The Lancet, 2013 - thelancet.com
Diarrhoea and pneumonia are the leading infectious causes of childhood morbidity and
mortality. We comprehensively reviewed the epidemiology of childhood diarrhoea and …

The global problem of childhood diarrhoeal diseases: emerging strategies in prevention and management

M Mokomane, I Kasvosve, E Melo… - Therapeutic …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Acute diarrhoeal diseases remain a leading cause of global morbidity and mortality
particularly among young children in resource-limited countries. Recent large studies …

Linear growth and child development in low-and middle-income countries: a meta-analysis

CR Sudfeld, D Charles McCoy, G Danaei, G Fink… - …, 2015 - publications.aap.org
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: The initial years of life are critical for physical growth and
broader cognitive, motor, and socioemotional development, but the magnitude of the link …

Maternal and child undernutrition and overweight in low-income and middle-income countries

RE Black, CG Victora, SP Walker, ZA Bhutta… - The lancet, 2013 - thelancet.com
Maternal and child malnutrition in low-income and middle-income countries encompasses
both undernutrition and a growing problem with overweight and obesity. Low body-mass …

The impoverished gut—a triple burden of diarrhoea, stunting and chronic disease

RL Guerrant, MD DeBoer, SR Moore… - Nature reviews …, 2013 - nature.com
More than one-fifth of the world's population live in extreme poverty, where a lack of safe
water and adequate sanitation enables high rates of enteric infections and diarrhoea to …

Global health and development in early childhood

FE Aboud, AK Yousafzai - Annual review of psychology, 2015 - annualreviews.org
Health and nutritional risks co-occur in the lives of children under the age of 2 years who live
in develo** countries. We review evidence showing how these risks, in addition to …

Effects of poverty on interacting biological systems underlying child development

SKG Jensen, AE Berens, CA Nelson - The Lancet Child & …, 2017 - thelancet.com
The developmental sequelae of childhood poverty are well documented. However, it is not
poverty per se, but a multitude of risk factors associated with poverty that have a deleterious …

Global disability-adjusted life-year estimates of long-term health burden and undernutrition attributable to diarrhoeal diseases in children younger than 5 years

C Troeger, DV Colombara, PC Rao, IA Khalil… - The Lancet Global …, 2018 - thelancet.com
Background Diarrhoea is a leading cause of death and illness globally among children
younger than 5 years. Mortality and short-term morbidity cause substantial burden of …

Practical guidance for clinical microbiology laboratories: diagnosis of bacterial gastroenteritis

RM Humphries, AJ Linscott - Clinical microbiology reviews, 2015 - Am Soc Microbiol
Bacterial gastroenteritis is a disease that is pervasive in both the develo** and developed
worlds. While for the most part bacterial gastroenteritis is self-limiting, identification of an …