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    The Double Burden of Obesity and Malnutrition in a Protracted Emergency Setting: A Cross-Sectional Study of Western Sahara Refugees

    PLoS Medicine, 2010
    Background Households from vulnerable groups experiencing epidemiological transitions are known to be affected concomitantly by under-nutrition and obesity. Yet, it is unknown to what extent this double burden affects refugee populations dependent on food assistance. We assessed the double burden of malnutrition among Western Sahara refugees living in a protracted emergency.
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    Household and Commuinty Socio-economic and Environmental Determinants of Child Nutritional Status in Cameroon

    BioMed Central, 2006
    This study was conducted to determine the household and community level socio-economic and environmental factors associated with child nutritional status in Cameroon, and changes in the effects of these factors during the 1990s economic crisis. Age-specific effects of household economic status on child nutrition was also considered.
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    Nutrition in Africa in a global economy: perspectives, challenges and opportunities

    The Center for African Area Studies, Kyoto University, 2001
    This paper provides an overview of the nutritional situation in Africa and discusses briefly some of the factors that influence nutritional status of the different groups of the population. Malnutrition in Africa is increasing due to various factors, some of which involve the changing global economic policies.
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    Factors affecting prevalence of malnutrition among children under three years of age in Botswana

    African Journal of Food, Agriculture, Nutrition and Development, 2006
    This study was a cross-sectional descriptive survey conducted to evaluate the level of malnutrition and the impact of some socio-economic and demographic factors of households on the nutritional status of children under 3years of age in Botswana. 400 households and mothers of children representing 23 health regions of the country participated in the study.
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    Determinants of appropriate child health and nutrition practices among women in rural Gambia

    Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition, 2010
    This study aimed at exploring the factors determining mothers’ choices of appropriate child health and nutrition practices in the Gambia. Eight focus-group discussions (FGDs) were held with 63 women whose children had been seen at the Keneba MRC Clinic within the 12 months preceding the study. The FGDs were analyzed using a thematic framework.
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    Nutrition in contemporary South Africa

    African Journals Online - AJOL, 2007
    In South Africa, both under- and over-nutrition exist. Chronic malnutrition is a bigger problem than acute malnutrition. Stunted children have a higher risk for being overweight. At national level, 33.3% of preschool children are vitamin A deficient, 21.4% are anaemic and 5.0% suffer from iron deficiency anaemia. Prevalence figures for childhood malnutrition differ between and within provinces.
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    Prevalence and Trends of Stunting Among Pre-school Children, 1990-2020

    World Health Organization, 2010
    The objective of this study was to quantify the prevalence and trends of stunting among children using the WHO growth standards. 576 nationally representative surveys were analysed. Linear mixed-effects modelling was used to estimate rates and numbers of affected children from 1990-2010. In 2010 it is estimated that 171 million children (167 million in developing countries) were stunted.
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    Socio-economic Predictors of Stunting in Pre-school Children - a population-based study from Johannesburg and Soweto

    South African Medical Journal, 2009
    This study aims to investigate a range of household-level socio-economic and social support predictors of stunting in children aged less than 30 months. Logical regression models were constructed using a conceptual framework to investigate the association between early life measures of socio-economic status and stunting, using data collected in the Birth to Twenty study.
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    The double burden of malnutrition and cardiometabolic risk widens the gender and socio-economic health gap: a study among adults in Burkina Faso (West Africa)

    Université de Montréal Public Health Research Institute, 2012
    This study is a population-based cross-sectional observational study which aims to document the double burden of malnutrition and cardiometabolic risk factors (CMRF) in adults in Ougadougou, Burkina Faso and its occurrence according to different socio-demographic parameters. In each income stratum, 110 individuals aged 25-60 years who had lived permanently in the area were randomly selected.
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    Multisector Intervention to Accelerate Reductions in Child Stunting: An Observational Study from 9 Sub-African Countries

    American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2011
    This study was a prospective observational trial, conducted in 9 sub-Saharan African countries to examine changes in childhood stunting and its determinants after 3years of exposure to an integrated, multi-sector intervention and compared these changes to national trends. Baseline levels of childhood stunting was 20%. 2-year old children from villages were enrolled in the study.

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