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Togo : 77.000 enfants victimes de malnutrition dans trois régions
2008-06-09 20:40:00 Quelque 77.000 enfants de moins de 5 ans souffrent de malnutrition aiguë, dont 18.800 de malnutrition aiguë sévère, dans les régions centrale, de la Kara (nord) et des Savanes (extrême nord), selon le bureau de l'UNICEF à Lomé. Dans un communiqué, l'UNICEF qui est partie prenante dans l'élaboration d'un protocole national pour le traitement de la malnutrition, fait savoir qu'elle a ouvert 134 centres de réhabilitation nutritionnelle et formé 350 agents de santé et plus de 1.400 agents de santé communautaire au Togo.
Malnutrition in eastern Indonesia 'higher than in Africa'
2008-05-23 09:12:00 Climate change has helped push malnutrition in the Indonesian half-island of West Timor to levels "higher than in Africa," aid group Church World Service said Friday.A survey of 4,800 households by the group found 61.1 percent of children under five in the region were stunted due to chronic malnutrition, while 13.1 percent of children were acutely malnourished."The prevalence of stunting and underweight children in West Timor is higher than in Africa," Julia Suryantan, the lead author of the report, told AFP.About 50 percent of West Timorese children -- out of a total population of up to two million -- were moderately or severely underweight, compared to a figure of 21.9 percent in Africa overall, according to the report."It's a complex situation in West Timor, they have a food security problem there and also limited access to health services," she said.Suryantan said the half-island in the country's east, which is drier than much of the tropical archipelago, was suffering as subs...
MALNUTRITION
2008-05-17 23:13:00 Although over-nutrition so characteristic of obesity could be considered a type of malnutrition, such diagnosis is usually reserved for the deficiency syndromes. In all parts of the world various deficiencies of vitamins, minerals, protein, or calories can be seen. Deficiencies are naturally more prevalent in countries where food supply is limited and poverty abounds. Careful analysisof food intake and any form of intemperance?such as manifested in alcohol consumption, bizarre food practices, food faddism, or the abuse of drugs? are productive to evaluate these conditions. Repeated closely spaced pregnancies and psychological disturbances manifested by a change in food intake should be assessed. Chronic infection, anorexia, or diarrhea likewise may profoundly affect the nutrient balance.Measurement of height and weight should never be omitted. These are the most commonly used measurements of growth in children and adolescents. Other body measurements include skin fold thickness, hea...
The Camp of Saints
2008-03-21 08:36:00 The latest death toll figures from Hurricane Katrina can be seen on this website here. The famous Russian neo-Nazi video is on this blog here. Updated March 24, 2008:A very nice, but somewhat dated (though the situation has probably only gotten worse), review of The Camp of Saints, one of the most hated books ever written. The link is on the execrable Free Republic, and the author of the review is a libertarian fool. Looks like Jean Raspail, the author of the book, was some kind of rightwing nut too.They both blame "socialism" for causing such horrible living conditions, along with starvation and mass and early death and disease, that afflict the Third World. This is truly bizarre. Even autarkic Albania nearly doubled life expectancy from 1946 to 1980, though it was not very successful in other ways.Almost all of the true Third World nightmare states are operating under some kind of capitalism, usually a particularly ferocious.That socialism is good for life can been seen in the fig...
By: Robert Lindsay
United Nations Causes Child Malnutrition in Darfur: Liberals Stunned
2007-12-27 20:53:00 In case anyone picked up The New York Times today, the front cover of the paper had a headline: ?Darfur Sees Rise in Malnutrition.? What we learned from this article was that child malnutrition rates have increased sharply in Darfur, even though it is home to the world?s largest aid operation. We are also told that the increase has occurred despite the efforts of more than 13,000 relief workers... Click the Headline Link to Visit Copious Dissent and Read the Full Story.
Despite Aid, Malnutrition in Darfur Rises
2007-12-27 10:58:00 The report showed that 16.1 percent of children affected by the conflict in Darfur, a vast, turbulent region in western Sudan, are acutely malnourished, compared with 12.9 percent last year.
By: Get rich
Malnutrition Up in Darfur Despite Aid
2007-12-26 19:57:00 The report showed that 16.1 percent of children affected by the conflict in Darfur, a vast, turbulent region in western Sudan, are acutely malnourished, compared with 12.9 last year.
By: Get rich
MALAWI: Malnutrition still a threat
2007-12-20 14:35:00 Source: Reuters AlertNet, IRIN NEWS MALAWI: Malnutrition still a threat 20 Dec 2007 10:17:07 GMT <!– 20 Dec 2007 10:17:07 GMT ## for search indexer, do not remove –> Source: IRIN Reuters and AlertNet are not responsible for the content of this article or for any external internet sites. The views expressed ...
WEST AFRICA: Slight drop in malnutrition but food remains scarce
2007-12-19 09:52:00 Source: IRIN NEWS WEST AFRICA: Slight drop in malnutrition but food remains scarce DAKAR, 18 December 2007 (IRIN) - With levels of malnutrition in West Africa slightly lower in 2007 than the previous year, the overall amount of money aid organizations are requesting from donors for the 2008 Consolidated Appeal Process (CAP) for the sub-region is also ...
Avoid Malnutrition, Intake Proteins
2007-12-02 12:50:00 Proteins are to be taken as per the need of growth spurts. There are three growth spurts generally in the life. And the proteins as supplements to other nutrients are to be taken for the development of sound mind and body. However the excess protein in ...
Malnutrition
2007-11-20 09:59:00 Malnutrition is a general term for a medical condition caused by an improper or insufficient diet. It most often refers to undernutrition resulting from inadequate consumption, poor absorption, or excessive loss of nutrients, but the term can also encompass overnutrition, resulting from overeating or excessive intake of specific nutrients. An individual will experience malnutrition if the appropriate amount of, or quality of nutrients comprising a healthy diet are not consumed for an extended period of time. An extended period of malnutrition can result in starvation, disease, and infection.Malnutrition is the lack of sufficient nutrients to maintain healthy bodily functions and is typically associated with extreme poverty in economically developing countries. It is a common cause of reduced intelligence in parts of the world affected by famine.Malnutrition as the result of inappropriate dieting, overeating or the absence of a "balanced diet" is often observed in economically develo...
Malnutrition as a Result of Alzheimer's Disease? [del.icio.us]
2007-10-29 18:07:00 Breakthrough Crohn’s Disease Guide. Some of the most difficult aspects of Alzheimer’s disease are the problems associated with eating and drinking. This can be as mild as coping with a food fad or as serious as malnutrition. Hope For Heali...
Rising levels of malnutrition in Jaffna
2007-07-20 15:27:00 Jaffna, July 20 (IANS) Nutrition surveys by the Sri Lankan government and international agencies show rising levels of acute malnutrition in the northern district of Jaffna.
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I thought it was malnutrition
2007-06-13 16:05:00 According to Life&Style Weekly, Nicole Richie is pregnant. Here I thought her belly bump was because of a case of beriberi.
By: Ma Petite Chou
Massage for children with malnutrition
2007-06-07 11:35:00 A method of acupuncture. With the thumb pushed by the spleen, colon, three customs, the Six Hollow Organs 100. 2. Use four fingers around the umbilical rib-clockwise direction for Mount abdominal five minutes, it is advisable to periomphalic enterocelia fever. 3. Use of fresh, forefinger Mount umbilical two minutes. 4. With the thumb points rubbed Zusanli two minutes. 5. Use both hands along the spine on both sides of the bottom-up consecutive pinch skin with children, alternate side handed pinch Canal edge upward progress, Caudal since the beginning, shaped pillow to take the neck and repeated operation of 3 ~ 5 times. In this way, each operating repeated it twice and twice daily. source:China TCM web-China
A Link Between Obesity and Malnutrition
2007-02-20 17:42:01 For an interesting post on the role of leucine (an essential amino acid) in metabolism, check out Isabella Mori’s Change Therapy. In particular, researchers at Penn State have uncovered a molecular switch that responds to changing levels of leucine in the diet, and may be involved in shifting metabolic responses. Isabella notes that this research is relevant to not just obesity, but also malnutrition and the starvation response - and so the protein, GCN2 eIF2alpha kinase, may be a potential drug target - but there are caveats as well. Read on at Change Therapy.
By: Migrations
Protein-calorie Malnutrition
2006-11-17 06:26:00 Protein-calorie malnutrition refers to one of two conditions: marasmus (an inadequate intake of both calories and protein) or kwashiorkor (a protein deficiency, despite sufficient intake of calories). Both disorders commonly affect infants in underdeveloped countries. In industrialized countries, these disorders most commonly affect hospitalized patients. Infants with marasmus suffer from growth ... |
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