Background Iron deficiency and its consequent anemia constitute the commonest
micronutrient deficiency in the world. Objective We investigated whether long-term, weekly …

Background Developing countries have high prevalence of diseases, but facilities to
diagnose and treat them are limited. We must use available resources in ways not needed …

A model for changes in energy balance and body weight is described which can be written
as an iterative computer program. Medium and long-term changes in body weight resulting …

1. Mothers were followed from 1 month post-partum up to 12 months post-partum to measure
changes in their body-weight and triceps skinfold thickness. 2. Overall there was a …

Various hypotheses for the mechanism of regulation of body-weight in human adults have
been proposed in the light of the magnitude of the long-term changes in weight actually …

We have tested mothers' abilities to remember at a later date, the birth weight, duration of
breastfeeding and time of introduction of other milks to their previous children, by comparing …

An age-independent anthropometric index of nutritional status Page 1 125 120 115 110 105
100 95 90 85 80 75 70 - 65 - 60 26 24 22 20 18 16 14 12 10 - 9_. 8- 7- 6- 5- 4 3 110 100 90 80 …

In children, the respiratory tract is probably more often affected by disease than any other
system of the body. In spite of this, quantitative methods of evaluation are seldom used …

In a nutrition questionnaire, subjects have been given the options of answering questions
with yes, no, or don't know. From these responses it has been possible to calculate the …

A prospective study of 132 infants aged from 1 month to 1 year found that infants who were
breast fed or breast plus bottle fed were significantly more likely to wake at night throughout …