Browsing: Malnutrition

Douro Wonkourou Idrissou, who described himself as a nutrition support member, uses a tape to measure the circumferences of a child’s upper arm, in N’dali, northern Benin, Sunday, May. 17, 2026. /Sunday Alamba)

A newly published UNICEF-led survey revealed that the levels of malnutrition in children are lower or similar to those registered before the Israel-Hamas war, with Ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon saying on Thursday that it was proof that the “false narrative against Israel” of there being a famine in the Gaza Strip is…

Malnutrition is frequent in maintenance hemodialysis (MHD). We aimed to validate the Global Leadership Initiative on Malnutrition (GLIM) criteria using different muscle mass assessment methods and evaluate their associations with nutritional biomarkers, functional status, quality of life, and mortality

Health workers in northern Nigeria say more children are relapsing into malnutrition and cite knock-on effects from the war in the Middle East. The region is already under pressure from an insurgency crisis. The conflict in the Middle East has worsened food security for millions, especially children. UNICEF warns that if the war continues, millions…

Research has found that malnutrition and stunted growth may be passed down generations through the gut microbiome. The mouse study showed that inflammatory microbes in mothers affected the fetal growth and then the intestinal health of the babies.