Are diarrhoea control programmes likely to reduce childhood malnutrition ? Observations from rural Bangladesh

Are diarrhoea control programmes likely to reduce childhood malnutrition ? Observations from rural Bangladesh Briend André auteur aut IRD Aziz K.M.A. auteur aut IRD Zahid Hasan K. auteur aut IRD Hoque B.A. auteur aut IRD text journalArticle eng text/pdf reformatted digital access Growth of rural Bangladeshi children aged 6-35 months was examined in relation to the history of diarrhoea in 1772 3-month intervals. Weight gain and linear growth were lower in intervals with a history of diarrhoea than in intervals without diarrhoea. However, comparison of weight and height gains in intervals during which diarrhoea occured at the beginning or at the end showed that after non-bloody diarrhoeas children catch up and that deficits in weight gain and linear growth were no longer apparent a few weeks later. These findings suggest that the effect of diarrhoea on growth is transient and that efforts to control diarrhoea are unlikely to improve children's nutritional status in the long term. (Résumé d'auteur) specialized ETAT NUTRITIONNEL MALNUTRITION DIARRHEE NOURRISSON ENFANT D'AGE PRESCOLAIRE EVALUATION FACTEUR LIMITANT CROISSANCE GAIN DE POIDS MILIEU RURAL ENQUETE RATION ALIMENTAIRE BANGLADESH 054EPINUT02 Lancet 8658 319-322 1989 https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:31329 10.1016/S0140-6736(89)90498-4 [F B31329] https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:31329 https://horizon.documentation.ird.fr/exl-doc/pleins_textes/pleins_textes_5/b_fdi_23-25/31329.pdf IRD - Base Horizon / Pleins textes 1991-02-19 2006-06-06 fdi:31329 fre