Malnutrition

Addressing malnutrition in all its forms represents an integrated agenda focusing on the root causes of malnutrition at all stages of the life course. In this section you will find material on the full range of malnutrition topics including childhood and elderly malnutrition, stunting, wasting, underweight, dysphagia as well as assessment and screening tools like the Mini Nutritional Assessment (MNA®).

tube feeding landscape
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Nutritional Management of the Medically-Complex Pediatric Outpatient Receiving Food-Based Tube Feeding

This presentation focuses on the efficacy of real food-based tube feeding formulas through a review of the recent…

Gerard Minor, MMS, PA-C
sfrr landscape
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Early Detection of Age-Associated Cellular Decline (AACD). Implications for the Free Radical and Antioxidant Scene

As you get older, you may find you are less resilient than you used to be and you don’t feel you bounce back as quickly…

Prof. Matteo Cesari, Prof. Jose Viña
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Microbiota-Directed Therapy May Aid Growth in Malnourished Kids

Dietary intervention that involves the target manipulation of microbiota components may improve the growth rate in…

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New Lancet series shows mixed progress on maternal and child undernutrition in last decade
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New Lancet series shows mixed progress on maternal and child undernutrition in last decade

The Lancet today published the latest Series on Maternal and Child Undernutrition Progress, including three new papers…

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Annales 78.1 - How to Feed the Fetus (publications)
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Annales 78.1 - How to Feed the Fetus

Metabolic imbalances during pregnancy, such as GDM, might result in epigenetic changes which affect the offspring and…

121 min read Professor Ferdinand Haschke
Feeding the Fetus (infographics)
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Feeding the Fetus

In the womb, babies get all they need from their mother’s body. An inadequate maternal diet can consequently lead to…

Appropriate Use of Thickened Liquids in Dysphagia Management (videos)
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Appropriate Use of Thickened Liquids in Dysphagia Management

This webinar explores the scientific evidence behind the controversial topic of thickened liquids as an intervention for…

Dr Catriona M. Steele
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Virtual 10th Congress of the European Society for Swallowing Disorders (ESSD)
Climate change is hurting children's diets, global study finds (news)
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Climate change is hurting children's diets, global study finds

A first-of-its-kind, international study of 107,000 children finds that higher temperatures are an equal or even greater…

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