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Neonatal Vitamin A Supplementation for Improving Infant Survival: Hope or hype?

In 2008, in the first Lancet Series on Nutrition, Bhutta et al. concluded that neonatal vitamin A supplementation reduced mortality in infants younger than 6 months in Asia, and recommended it as a ‘core intervention’ for this region. In 2008, in the first Lancet Series on Nutrition, Bhutta et al. concluded that neonatal vitamin A […]

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New Book: Community Nutrition for Developing Countries

This book, edited by Norman J. Temple and Nelia Steyn, primarily aims to meet the needs of nutritionists and other health professionals living and working in developing countries. Community Nutrition for Developing Countries is written by both scholars and practitioners and draws on their wealth of knowledge, experience, and understanding of nutrition in developing countries […]

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The eNutrition Academy: Supporting a New Generation of Nutritional Scientists around the World

The article summarizes the findings of a symposium held at the ASN Scientific Sessions and Annual Meeting at Experimental Biology 2015. The symposium explored the themes of international capacity development, with a particular focus on the African continent, online learning, and the eNA e-learning platform. The article concludes that given the vast human capacity present […]

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MALNUTRITION KILLS! CAN WE SEE THE WRITING ON THE WALL?

2nd International Conference on Malnutrition. Date: April 7-8th, 2016 Venue: Multan, Pakistan For full details on this conference, visit the Conference website. Click here .

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Routine Amoxicillin for Uncomplicated Severe Acute Malnutrition in Children

This double-blind randomised placebo-controlled trial in Niger randomly assigned children who were 6 to 59 months of age and had uncomplicated severe acute malnutrition to receive amoxicillin or placebo for 7 days. The primary outcome was nutritional recovery at or before week 8. The researchers found no benefit of routine antibiotic use with respect to nutritional recovery […]

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Papers on nutritious complementary feeding to improve nutrition and prevent childhood undernutrition

These papers are part of Supplement of MCN on Policy, Program and Innovation in Complementary Feeding sponsored by Sight and Life. They are free access and provide evidence from research on nutritious complementary feeding for the prevention of childhood undernutrition. Links to the papers are available via Sight and Life website at Supplement for MCN […]

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Practical dietary management of protein energy malnutrition in young children with cow’s milk protein allergy

Meyer R, Venter C, Fox AT, Shah N. Abstract Cow’s milk protein allergy (CMPA) affects between 1.9 and 4.9% of infants and young children. This food allergy requires the complete elimination of cow’s milk and its derivatives, impacting on nutritional status. The risk of having protein energy malnutrition (PEM) in children with CMPA has been […]

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Cost analysis of community-based daily and weekly programs for treatment of moderate and mild wasting among children on Nias Island, Indonesia

Purwestri RC, Scherbaum V, Inayati DA, Wirawan NN, Suryantan J, Bloem MA, Pangaribuan RV, Hoffmann V, Biesalski HK, Qaim M, Bellows AC. Abstract To study analysed the cost of daily and weekly distribution and supervision of RUF-Nias biscuit programs. Institutional costs to the implementing organization were similar for both programs (approximately US $4 per child […]

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Community-based management of severe and moderate acute malnutrition during emergencies in Sri Lanka: challenges of implementation

Jayatissa R, Bekele A, Kethiswaran A, De Silva AH. Abstract The study assessed the impact of community-based management of acute malnutrition among children under 5 years of age and its operational challenges. An endline representative survey conducted 2 years after implementation of the Nutrition Rehabilitation Program revealed that the prevalence of global acute malnutrition (GAM) […]

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Dietary counselling with or without oral nutritional supplements in the management of malnourished patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials

Baldwin C and Weekes CE. Abstract The systematic review present aimed to examine the effects on mortality and nutritional indices of dietary counselling given with or without ONS and to explore the heterogeneity in the meta-analyses aiming to characterise the groups most likely to benefit from these interventions. Dietary counselling given with or without ONS […]

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