A senior woman battling Cancer stands at her kitchen island chopping cucumbers. She is dressed casually in a sweater and wearing a headscarf as she works to chop and prepare the display of fruits and ...
Darla Silva, UNICEF USA's Chief Program Officer, recently traveled to Karamoja, one of the poorest areas of Uganda, for a firsthand look at UNICEF's community-based nutrition programs. Uganda is one ...
Investigators sought to determine when malnutrition appears in patients with GI cancer and how nutritional status affects quality of life and fatigue during treatment.
A multidisciplinary team of researchers from the USC School of Advanced Computing and the Keck School of Medicine, working alongside experts from the Microsoft AI for Good Lab, Amref Health Africa, ...
The IRC spoke to malnutrition expert Dr Mohamed Kassim about how the IRC is protecting milestones in Nigeria through malnutrition prevention and treatment. Fifty million children worldwide suffer from ...
Christine Stewart holds packets of lipid-based nutrient supplements, a paste that typically includes oil, peanut butter, milk powder, vitamins and minerals. (Karen Higgins/UC Davis) A small sachet of ...
Around the world, more than 45 million children under the age of five experience acute malnutrition annually. Between one and two million of these children will die as a result. The surging global ...
SIR: “There can be no real growth without healthy populations. No sustainable development without tackling disease and malnutrition. No international security without assisting crisis-ridden countries ...
Credit: Getty Images. Malnutrition may affect 30% to 85% of cancer patients, and it may account for 10% to 20% of deaths in these patients. Research suggests that malnutrition may affect 30% to 85% of ...
“Malnutrition can have long-term side effects with childhood cancer treatment that can profoundly impact growth,” Carney explained. “Compromised bone health, eating disorders, and decreased quality of ...