"Malnutrition" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
An imbalanced nutritional status resulting from insufficient intake of nutrients to meet normal physiological requirement.
| Descriptor ID |
D044342
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C18.654.521
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| Concept/Terms |
Malnutrition- Malnutrition
- Nutritional Deficiency
- Nutritional Deficiencies
- Undernutrition
- Malnourishment
- Malnourishments
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2007 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2012 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2016 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2017 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2018 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2019 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2021 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2024 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Malnutrition" by people in Profiles.
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Contribution of malnutrition to infant and child deaths in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. BMJ Glob Health. 2024 Dec 05; 9(12).
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Factors predicting mortality in hospitalised HIV-negative children with lower-chest-wall indrawing pneumonia and implications for management. PLoS One. 2024; 19(3):e0297159.
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Causes of Death Among Infants and Children in the Child Health and Mortality Prevention Surveillance (CHAMPS) Network. JAMA Netw Open. 2023 07 03; 6(7):e2322494.
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In-hospital mortality risk stratification in children aged under 5 years with pneumonia with or without pulse oximetry: A secondary analysis of the Pneumonia REsearch Partnership to Assess WHO REcommendations (PREPARE) dataset. Int J Infect Dis. 2023 Apr; 129:240-250.
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Dietary diversity, food insecurity and the double burden of malnutrition among children, adolescents and adults in South Africa: Findings from a national survey. Front Public Health. 2022; 10:948090.
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Perspective: Food Environment Research Priorities for Africa-Lessons from the Africa Food Environment Research Network. Adv Nutr. 2022 06 01; 13(3):739-747.
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Recovery of children following hospitalisation for complicated severe acute malnutrition. Matern Child Nutr. 2022 04; 18(2):e13302.
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Nutrition in adolescent growth and development. Lancet. 2022 01 08; 399(10320):172-184.
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Introduction to the Site-specific Etiologic Results From the Pneumonia Etiology Research for Child Health (PERCH) Study. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2021 09 01; 40(9S):S1-S6.
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Intersectoral (in)activity: towards an understanding of public sector department links between water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) and childhood undernutrition in South Africa. Health Policy Plan. 2020 Aug 01; 35(7):829-841.