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Malnutrition

Effect of amaranth flatbread on maternal anthropometry during pregnancy: Evidence from a cluster-randomized controlled trial in Southern Ethiopia

Amanuel Yoseph, Lakew Mussie, Mehretu Belayneh, Francisco Guillen-Grima

published 08 Oct 2026

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Child malnutrition in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: A Bayesian Gaussian regression analysis using the 2023–24 demographic and health survey

Zacharie Tsala Dimbuene, Hugues Sampasa-Kanyinga

published 08 Oct 2026

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Effect of eligibility for referral following mass screening for severe acute malnutrition using mid-upper arm circumference: A prospective regression discontinuity design

Huiyu Hu, Mamadou Ouattara, Mamadou Bountogo, Valentin Boudo, Thierry Ouedraogo, Clarisse Dah, Elodie Lebas, Till Bärnighausen, Benjamin F. Arnold, Kieran S. O’Brien, Thomas M. Lietman, Ali Sié, Catherine E. Oldenburg

published 08 Oct 2026

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Nutritional status, clinical burden, and healthcare utilization among pediatric outpatients with congenital heart disease: A retrospective cross-sectional study from Indonesia

Putri Amelia, Lourents Christian Dika Sahertian, Rizky Adriansyah, Johnson Kannady

published 08 Oct 2026

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Feeding a low-protein diet exacerbates the susceptibility to Citrobacter rodentium and dextran sulfate sodium-induced intestinal injury in mice

Mehakpreet K. Thind, Mary Flanagan, Sanne de Wit, Aida Glembocki, Jiali Pan, Celine Cuinat, Sharon Leung, Shamsun Nahar Shaima, Hamza Sghayare, Kinza Usmani, Mishaal Munawar, Peter Kim, Elena M. Comelli, Amber Farooqui, Celine Bourdon, Robert H. J. Bandsma

published 07 Oct 2026

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Time to recovery and its predictors among children aged 6 to 59 months with uncomplicated severe acute malnutrition treated in outpatient therapeutic programs in Adet Woreda, Central Zone of Tigray, Northern Ethiopia: A retrospective cohort study

Ashebr Abrha, Solomon Hintsa, Ebud Ayele Dagnazgi, Freweyni Fisshatsion, Goitom Girmay

published 29 Sep 2026

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Undernutrition is alarmingly prevalent in the dysvascular major lower limb amputation population: A prospective cohort study

Aniek M. Kolen, Leonie A. Krops, Harriët Jager-Wittenaar, Martijn L. Dijkstra, B. Paul J. A. Keller, Jacques Oskam, Bastiaan P. Vierhout, Jean-Paul P. M. de Vries, Laurens van Walraven, Wim P. Krijnen, Rienk Dekker, Jan H. B. Geertzen

published 28 Sep 2026

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Acceptability, feasibility, appropriateness, uptake and cost perceptions of family mid-upper arm circumference supported by two-way SMS in western Kenya

Esther M. Choo, Jonathan Lara-Arevalo, Catherine Achieng, Merceline Odhiambo, Maurine Anyango Okello, Mary Masheti, Kirkby D. Tickell, Mame M. Diakhate, Benson O. Singa, Christine J. McGrath, Arianna Rubin Means

published 23 Sep 2026

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Exploring the association between low birth weight and different forms of child malnutrition: A multi-country propensity score matching analysis in South Asia

Md Parvej Hussain, Mohammod Mahmudur Rahman, Md Rezaul Kader, Md Robiul Islam Talukder, Md Tareq Ferdous Khan, Foyez Ahmmed

published 21 Sep 2026

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An upside to chronic inflammation? Starvation reconfigures immune pathways in Manduca sexta, producing chronic inflammation that may help defend against bacterial infection

Shelley A. Adamo, Madeleine R. Burns, Megan H. Englehardt, Arisha Grabtchak, Rose Kearney, Claire A. E. Martin, Maya R. Richmond

published 21 Sep 2026

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Association between anthropometric criteria and body composition among children aged 6–59 months with uncomplicated severe acute malnutrition: A prospective cohort study from South Sudan

Gabriele Rossi, Rachel M. Creighton, Patricia Ayebazibwe, Santo Garang, Mohammed Kamruzzaman, Taesung Park, Namseon Beck, Wendy Dyment

published 15 Sep 2026

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Multidimensional nutritional assessment in Crohn’s disease: Cross-sectional comparison of active disease and remission

Aditi Sarker, Chanchal Kumar Ghosh, Prodipta Chowdhury

published 03 Sep 2026

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A cross‑sectional analysis of vitamin D status and associated factors in children recovering from severe acute malnutrition in Zambia and Zimbabwe

Tracy N. Phiri, Cherlynn Dumbura, Kuda Mutasa, Deophine Ngosa, Nivea Chuulu, Florence D. Majo, Sandra Rukobo, Claire D. Bourke, Beatrice Amadi, Mutsa Bwakura-Dangarembizi, Adrian R. Martineau, Andrew J. Prendergast, Paul Kelly

published 28 Aug 2026

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