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Non-Adherence To Who Recommendations Regarding Infant Feeding Practices Results In Dilemma Of Malnourishment: A Community-Based Prospective Cohort Study Conducted In Karachi, Pakistan, Muhammad Osama, Anosh Aslam Khan, Sohaib Hasan Syed, Osama Mohiuddin, Ammar Hassan, Syeda Ramsha Zaidi, Neelofar Sami
Non-Adherence To Who Recommendations Regarding Infant Feeding Practices Results In Dilemma Of Malnourishment: A Community-Based Prospective Cohort Study Conducted In Karachi, Pakistan, Muhammad Osama, Anosh Aslam Khan, Sohaib Hasan Syed, Osama Mohiuddin, Ammar Hassan, Syeda Ramsha Zaidi, Neelofar Sami
Community Health Sciences
Background: The prevalence of chronic malnutrition and its associated morbid outcomes has been a significant cause of health loss globally, affecting millions of children hampering their mental, physical, social, and immune system development. World Health Organization's (WHO) recommendations presenting infant feeding guidelines have largely controlled this burden. However, developing countries including Pakistan have failed to promote these guidelines and still succumb to a huge burden of morbidity and mortality secondary to malnourishment among infants.
Methodology: Our study is a prospective cohort including 300 infants without predisposing congenital anomaly, followed from 6 months to 18 months of age. The primary outcome …
Association Of Dairy Consumption With Metabolic Syndrome, Hypertension And Diabetes In 147 812 Individuals From 21 Countries, Balaji Bhavadharini, Mahshid Dehghan, Andrew Mente, Sumathy Rangarajan, Patrick Sheridan, Viswanathan Mohan, Romaina Iqbal, Rajeev Gupta, Scott Lear, Edelweiss Wentzel-Viljoen
Association Of Dairy Consumption With Metabolic Syndrome, Hypertension And Diabetes In 147 812 Individuals From 21 Countries, Balaji Bhavadharini, Mahshid Dehghan, Andrew Mente, Sumathy Rangarajan, Patrick Sheridan, Viswanathan Mohan, Romaina Iqbal, Rajeev Gupta, Scott Lear, Edelweiss Wentzel-Viljoen
Community Health Sciences
Objective: Our aims were to assess the association of dairy intake with prevalence of metabolic syndrome (MetS) (cross-sectionally) and with incident hypertension and incident diabetes (prospectively) in a large multinational cohort study.
Methods: The Prospective Urban Rural Epidemiology (PURE) study is a prospective epidemiological study of individuals aged 35 and 70 years from 21 countries on five continents, with a median follow-up of 9.1 years. In the cross-sectional analyses, we assessed the association of dairy intake with prevalent MetS and its components among individuals with information on the five MetS components (n=112 922). For the prospective analyses, we …