...) and are endowed with less hemoglobin pigment (hypochromic) or pigment density (microcytic-hypochromic); but neither the red cell indices nor the appearance on a peripheral blood smear slide are reliable arbiters of an iron-deficiency origin. A more profound understanding of nutritional and non-nutritional origins...

... code. Recent animal and human findings have illustrated that the timing, chronicity, and severity of nutritional deficiencies has differential effects on brain development and on subsequent cognitive and emotional processes. Evidence from intervention trials and longitudinal studies has shown...

.... This chapter will explore the oral manifestations that can occur with nutritional deficiencies, the association of periodontitis with nutritional deficiencies in vitamins C and D, and the effect of vitamin D deficiency and tooth development. Introduction Nutrition is defined by the World Health...

... Abstract Nutritional status is a key factor in the regulation of human linear growth. The growth hormone (GH)-IGF axis consists of a cascade of finely tuned molecular mechanisms which are vulnerable to protein-calorie deficiency. The most notable evidence for this is the presence of IGF-1...

... Abstract Growth failure is common in paediatric disorders associated with inflammation and nutritional deficiency. Examples are Crohn’s disease (CD), juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) and cystic fibrosis. Several factors contribute to the abnormal growth, notably excess pro-inflammatory...

... Abstract Obesity and nutrition-related chronic disorders are fast rising in developing countries. But undernutrition – stunting, underweight, wasting and micronutrient deficiencies – still affect millions of preschool children in both rural and urban settings increasing the risks of morbidity...

... Abstract Large shares of the world population are still affected by nutrition deficiencies and undernutrition. However, the current global agriculture and food system and its international governance shows signs of serious malfunctioning, and is not equipped to cope with the current and future...

... recommendations on nutrition treatment strategies are emphasized. Undernutrition and nutritional deficiencies were expected to increase in less developed countries, but also in underprivileged societal groups in well-developed countries, due to an increase in poverty, unemployment, and food insecurity...

... is impaired due to nutritional deficiency, there is only so much that nutrients can do to increase the size of individual hairs because hair thickness is largely genetic. Nevertheless, there are external factors that influence hair health to such a degree that micronutrients could boost hair that is suffering...

... Abstract The link between genome damage and adverse health outcomes is compelling. There isincreasing evidence indicating that genome instability, in the absence of overt exposure togenotoxins, is itself a sensitive marker of nutritional deficiency. We have shown that aboveaverageintake...

... Abstract Stunting of linear growth, a highly prevalent problem in children of low- and middle-income countries, is the result of the exposure of the fetus and/or young child to nutritional deficiencies and infectious diseases. Maternal undernutrition results in fetal growth restriction...