... to one of two intervention YCFs (with presence or absence of prebiotics and n-3 LCPUFAs) during 52 weeks of intervention. Additional stratified analyses evaluated the growth patterns of underweight, overweight, or stunted children. Results: No apparent differences in anthropometric measurements were...

...Ruben Grajeda; Trevor Hassell; Kimberly Ashby-Mitchell; Ricardo Uauy; Eduardo Nilson Background: Hunger, food insecurity, stunting, anemia, overweight, and noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) may coexist in the same person, household, and community in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). The double...

..., Kraemer K, Khadeer MA, Ferrucci L, Manary MJ: Child stunting is associated with low circulating essential amino acids. EBioMedicine 2016; 6: 246–252. 16. Shimbo K, Oonuki T, Yahashi A, Hirayama K, Miyano H: Precolumn derivatization reagents for high-speed analysis of amines and amino acids...

... on protein malnutrition waned. It is recently apparent that quality protein and essential amino acids are missing in the diet and may have adverse consequences for child growth and the reduction of child stunting. Key Messages: It may be time to re-include protein and return protein malnutrition...

...Shane A. Norris; Stephanie Wrottesley; Rihlat Said Mohamed; Lisa K. Micklesfield The aims of this paper were to: (1) review the literature and examine contemporary child growth in terms of stunting prevalence across Africa; (2) discuss child stunting within the context of economic growth and adult...

... of epidemiological studies have been conducted, and available research indicates extreme exposures to AF. There are strong associations between AF exposure and stunting and wasting. However, more epidemiological research is urgently needed to understand the role of FB, DON and ZEA in IYC growth. • AF influence...

.... Biomarkers Growth Stunting Biomarkers in growth National Institutes of Health (NIH) 10.13039/100000002 The proportion of overall disease burden attributable to childhood underweight has more than halved between 1990 and 2010; however, it remains the 8th highest risk worldwide...

... nutritionally investigated by applying anthropometric, laboratory and dietary assessment methods. Results: Mean and median serum retinol concentrations (SRCs) were 228 and 218 μg/l, respectively. Mean prevalence of nutritional deficits among children were stunting (23.4%), anemia (57.5%), vitamin A deficiency...

...-tocopherol, ferritin and blood hemoglobin and hematocrit were assessed. Results: Stunting, vitamin A deficiency, anemia, and iron deficiency were prevalent at rates of 21.1, 25.2, 57.3, and 20.2%, respectively. Mean serum retinol concentration was 249 ± 64 μg/l. More than 50% of the children were at risk...

...F. Branca; M. Ferrari Stunting is a process that can affect the development of a child from the early stages of conception and until the third or fourth year of life, when the nutrition of the mother and the child are essential determinants of growth. Failure to meet micronutrient requirements...