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ArticleChildren (Basel, Switzerland)2023

Assessment of Malnutrition among Children Presenting in a Nutrition Center in Gimbichu, Ethiopia.

M Ascensión Olcina Simón, Jose M Soriano, María Morales-Suarez-Varela

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Article in Children (Basel, Switzerland), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2citing papers in PubMed
0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 45% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 2 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

M Ascensión Olcina SimónDirection Department, MOS Solidaria, 46400 Cullera, Spain.
Jose M SorianoObservatory of Nutrition and Food Safety for Developing Countries, Food & Health Lab, Institute of Materials Science, University of Valencia, 46980 Paterna, Spain.ORCID 0000-0003-2846-1311
María Morales-Suarez-VarelaUnit of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Food Sciences, Toxicology and Forensic Medicine, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Valencia, 46100 Burjassot, Spain.ORCID 0000-0003-0785-1492
Universitat de València · ES

Funding

MOS Solidaria GeNaPi_1.
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Nowadays, Ethiopia has several problems affecting children below 5 years of age, resulting in low life expectancies. Our group carried out a study to calculate the presence of malnutrition as wasting, stunting underweight, and BMI-for-age in children presenting in a nutrition center in a rural Ethiopian village in the Oromia region according to WHO guidelines. Our results demonstrated that they had moderate chronic malnutrition or stunting from 1 to 2 years of age, affecting their life, their parents, their community/household, and their country. In our viewpoint, the solution for this situation will require a global focus on several levels, including individual, family, community, and country, the last being with the help of new health policies focused on short-, medium-, and long-term strategies with multi- and interdisciplinary approaches.

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childrenEthiopiamalnutrition

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PMID37189876
PMCPMC10136761
OpenAlexW4361212353

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