Undernutrition as an underlying cause of child deaths associated with diarrhea, pneumonia, malaria, and measles.

By L. Caulfield, M. de Onís, M. Blössner, R. Black. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2004

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Subfields: Nutrition and Dietetics, Physiology, Psychiatry and Mental health

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• Malnutrition and Infection: Complex Mechanisms and Global Impacts (2007, background): “Reduced antibody responses to polysaccharide antigens of encapsulated bacteria such as Streptococcus pneumoniae and Haemophilus infl uenzae exacerbate susceptibility to these pathogens [2,4,18].”
• The world's most deprived: Characteristics and causes of extreme poverty and hunger (2007, neutral): “However, about 53 percent of deaths among children under five worldwide are attributable to malnutrition (Caulfield et al. 2004).”
• A meta-analysis of community-based studies on quality protein maize (2010, background): “Undernutrition is estimated to directly cause 53% of child deaths (Caulfield et al., 2004; Habicht, 2008; Pelletier et al., 1995).”