Background Indigenous peoples worldwide carry a disproportionate tuberculosis burden.
There is an increasing awareness of the effect of social determinants and proximate …

Background Undernourished people have an increased risk of premature mortality from both
infectious and non-communicable diseases. Aside from screening purposes, assessment of …

Background Nutritional status of tribal children in West Bengal has not been investigated
adequately. The present study was undertaken to determine the prevalence of underweight …

Introduction. Undernutrition continues to be a major public health problem throughout the
developing world, particularly in sub‐Saharan Africa and Asia including India. Limited …

Screening Maternal Acute Malnutrition Using Adult Mid-Upper... : Indian Journal of Community
Medicine Screening Maternal Acute Malnutrition Using Adult Mid-Upper Arm Circumference in …

Objectives: The aim of this study was to describe the prevalence of malnutrition among adult
hospitalised patients in three South African public hospitals and to determine the availability …

ObjectiveTo explore the possibility for a statistically appropriate value of mid-upper arm
circumference (MUAC) to identify the state of severe undernutrition, based on very low BMI …

In low-income countries there are few data on hospital malnutrition. Reduced food intake
combined with nutrient-poor foods served in hospitals contribute to nutritional risk. This study …

Abstract Introduction: In India majority of the individuals remain undernourished. The primary
causes of undernutrition are its large population, socio-economic differences and …

Objective: To assess the strength of correlation and agreement between mid-upper arm
circumference (MUAC) and BMI, and determine suitable MUAC cut-offs, to detect wasting …