Wasting away

Measham, Anthony R.; Chatterjee, Meera

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“…Approximately 70 per cent of the world’s malnourished children live in Asia, giving that region the highest concentration of worldwide childhood malnutrition (Khor, 2005). India has the highest occurrence of childhood undernutrition in the world (Bamji, 2003), and it is estimated that more than half of Indian children are undernourished (Measham & Chatterjee, 1999). The percentage of children below age five who suffer from stunting is almost 20 times the percentage of stunted children in a standard well-nourished population of children.…”

Section: Girl Child Discrimination and Child Stunting In India: What mentioning

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Girl Child Discrimination and Child Stunting in India: What Can be Done?

Nahar

Pillai

2019

The International Journal of Community and Social Development

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This study examines the extent of differences in the level of child stunting between boys and girls in India. Two explanations of the gap in stunting are tested using data from National Family Health Survey. Both log-linear and generalised ordinal regression methods were employed to analyse the data. The findings suggest a two-pronged approach to close the stunting gap: encouraging women's education and improving sanitation through universal supply of toilet facilities and clean and portable water.

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Girl Child Discrimination and Child Stunting in India: What Can be Done?

Nahar

Pillai

2019

The International Journal of Community and Social Development

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“…The potential for an intrauterine mechanism is of particular interest in the Indian context, where babies have been observed to have a high level of abdominal obesity despite smaller lean mass, and there are generally high levels of undernutrition in the adult, including prospective mother, population 1 2. While empirically assessing intrauterine influences is fraught with challenges,3 one useful method is to compare the extent to which the association of maternal and offspring adiposities and the association between paternal and offspring adiposities differ in their strength 3–5.…”

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Is there a greater maternal than paternal influence on offspring adiposity in India?

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Previous research has provided conflicting evidence regarding fetal roots of adiposity in India. To compare the strength of association between maternal and paternal body mass indexes (BMIs) corrected for height with offspring BMI in India to examine the potential for intrauterine mechanisms to influence offspring adiposity in India, we analysed a sample of 16,528 mother-father-offspring trios from the 2005 to 2006 Indian National Family Health Survey. Children were aged 0-59 months with parents aged 15-49 years (mothers) and 15-54 years (fathers). Linear and logistic regression models, specified in multiple ways, were used to estimate associations between parental BMI* (BMI redefined by power term x (kg/m(x)) to be independent from height), and child BMI/top decile of child BMI. Higher values of maternal BMI and paternal BMI were associated with higher values of offspring BMI. In comparing the effects of maternal BMI and paternal BMI, however, no consistent differences were found in the strength of these parental influences on offspring BMI. In the fully adjusted linear model, the standardised coefficient was 0.131 (95% CI 0.110 to 0.154) for maternal BMI* and 0.079 (95% CI 0.056 to 0.103) for paternal BMI*; with evidence of heterogeneity between maternal-offspring and paternal-offspring associations (p=0.005). This was not robust in the unstandardised regression (β=0.056, 95% CI 0.044 to 0.067 for maternal BMI and β=0.039, 95% CI 0.025 to 0.053 for paternal BMI, p=0.093). Mixed results indicate that compared with paternal BMI, maternal BMI did not have a consistently stronger influence on offspring BMI in India.

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“…Despite numerous advances and improvements in child health globally, malnutrition remains a major problem, and in many parts of the world the situation seems to have worsened (1,2). In a recent estimation of approximately 10 million global under the age of 5 child deaths, malnutrition was estimated to underlie almost half of such deaths (3).…”

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Effect of Infections and Environmental Factors on Growth and Nutritional Status in Developing Countries

Bhutta

2006

J. pediatr. gastroenterol. nutr.

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Despite numerous advances and improvements in child health globally, malnutrition remains a major problem and underlies a significant proportion of child deaths. A large proportion of the hidden burden of malnutrition is represented by widespread single and multiple micronutrient deficiencies. A number of factors may influence micronutrient deficiencies in developing countries, including poor body stores at birth, dietary deficiencies and high intake of inhibitors of absorption such as phytates and increased losses from the body. Although the effects of poor intake and increased micronutrient demands are well described, the potential effects of acute and chronic infections on the body's micronutrient status are less well appreciated. Even more obscure is the potential effect of immunostimulation and intercurrent infections on the micronutrient distribution and homeostasis. The association therefore of relatively higher rates of micronutrient deficiencies with infectious diseases may be reflective of both increased predisposition to infections in deficient populations as well as a direct effect of the infection itself on micronutrient status indicators. Recently the association of increased micronutrient losses such as those of zinc and copper with acute diarrhea has been recognized and a net negative balance of zinc has been shown in zinc metabolic studies in children with persistent diarrhea. It is also recognized that children with shigellosis can lose a significant amount of vitamin A in the urine, thus further aggravating preexisting subclinical vitamin A deficiency. Given the epidemiological association between micronutrient deficiencies and diarrhea, supplementation strategies in endemic areas are logical. The growing body of evidence on the key role of zinc supplementation in accelerating recovery from diarrheal illnesses in developing countries supports its use in public health strategies.

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Wasting away

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Girl Child Discrimination and Child Stunting in India: What Can be Done?

Girl Child Discrimination and Child Stunting in India: What Can be Done?

Is there a greater maternal than paternal influence on offspring adiposity in India?

Effect of Infections and Environmental Factors on Growth and Nutritional Status in Developing Countries

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