LEADER 04697nam 2200985z- 450 001 9910557689003321 005 20240107224753.0 035 $a(CKB)5400000000044642 035 $a(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/76968 035 $a(EXLCZ)995400000000044642 100 $a20202201d2021 |y 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurmn|---annan 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aChildhood Malnutrition 210 $aBasel, Switzerland$cMDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute$d2021 215 $a1 electronic resource (180 p.) 311 $a3-0365-2267-0 311 $a3-0365-2268-9 330 $aThis book covers a wide range of malnutrition manifestations across the globe. Malnutrition in any form has an serious, long-term impact on children?s development, health and well-being. It is an emerging public health problem that needs to be addressed through actions and policies.The Special Issue opens with an overview of global malnutrition data. It is followed by three articles on eating disorders: a systematic review of the correlation between vegetarian diets and eating disorders in adolescents and young adults, a review of the nutritional risks among adolescent athletes with disordered eating, and a systematic review of the neuroimaging findings in adolescents and young adults with anorexia nervosa.The next article is a review on the nutritional status of pediatric cancer patients at diagnosis and its correlations with treatment, clinical outcome and long-term growth and health of survivors.The need for more extensive assessment of children? nutritional status in developing countries is explored in the next two articles: a presentation of anthropometry measurements among Nepali children living in orphanages and a report on the nutritional status, diet, and intestinal parasites in hosted Saharawi children.The next article focusses on the development of a disease-specific tool for determining malnutrition risk in pediatric and adolescent cystic fibrosis outpatients in Greece. The last two articles examine aspects of childhood obesity in two Mediterranean countries. First, sociodemographic determinants of childhood obesity in Spain are presented. The last article examines the effects of nutrition and physical activity habits and perceptions on adolescents? Body Mass Index in Greece.We wish to thank everyone who contributed to this project, including the patients and families that participated in the studies presented in this book. 606 $aHumanities$2bicssc 606 $aSocial interaction$2bicssc 610 $aadiposity 610 $awaist circumference 610 $aanthropometry 610 $achildren 610 $asocioeconomic factors 610 $ahealth inequality indicators 610 $aorphanage 610 $aNepal 610 $achildhood cancer 610 $apediatric oncology 610 $anutritional status 610 $amalnutrition 610 $aSahara 610 $alactose malabsorption 610 $aceliac disease 610 $aintestinal parasites 610 $ahygiene 610 $adiet 610 $ahealth 610 $apulmonary disease 610 $aforced expiratory volume 610 $apulmonary infection 610 $anutritional assessment 610 $ascreening 610 $aunderweight 610 $apulmonary function 610 $apancreatic insufficiency 610 $aPERT 610 $avegetarianism 610 $avegetarian diets 610 $aeating disorders 610 $amental health 610 $aadolescents 610 $ayoung adults 610 $aanorexia nervosa 610 $aneuroimaging 610 $amagnetic resonance imaging 610 $adiffusion tensor imaging 610 $asingle photon emission computed tomography 610 $amagnetic resonance spectroscopy 610 $anutrition habits 610 $anutrition perceptions 610 $aBody Mass Index (BMI) category 610 $aoverweight 610 $aobesity 610 $aphysical activity habits 610 $aphysical activity perceptions 610 $aGreece 610 $aadolescent athletes 610 $adisordered eating 610 $anutritional risk 610 $alow energy availability 610 $afemale athlete triad 615 7$aHumanities 615 7$aSocial interaction 700 $aVassilakou$b Tonia$4edt$01311962 702 $aVassilakou$b Tonia$4oth 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910557689003321 996 $aChildhood Malnutrition$93030626 997 $aUNINA