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DIAGNOSTIC DISCREPANCY
According to WHO experts, WHZ and MUAC can be used independently to indicate severe acute malnutrition (WH. There is however a significant and sometimes huge discrepancy between these two criteria: they do not usually identify the same children as acutely malnourished;
OBJECTIVES
Objective 1: Test the efficacy daily egg consumption for six months on the macro- and micronutrient status of young children from an indigenous community in Ecuador.
1a. Measure serum concentration of micronutrient biomarkers: choline; betaine; and vitamin B12.
1. b. Measure serum
Globally An estimated 140-250 million under-five children are deficient in vitamin A, which is associated with increased mortality and morbidity among this population. A relationship between the severity of vitamin A deficiency and childhood mortality has also been reported. In 2002, the United
I. Background
A variety of studies over the past 15 years have demonstrated that clinical vitamin A deficiency is associated with increased mortality in pre-school aged children (1,2) and that supplementation of populations with endemic sub-clinical vitamin A deficiency can significantly reduce