Scarlet fever, a disease associated with the Victorian era, has resurged in the UK. As such, recent research has revealed the regions within the UK that have seen the most significant increase in cases. Health experts at NowPatient submitted Freedom of Information (FOI) requests to NHS trusts across the country to reveal which areas have […]
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New research led by the University of Aberdeen has shown that poverty is already affecting the growth of unborn babies from as early as mid-way through pregnancy. This is the first time that size differences have been found at such an early stage of development, and also the first time it has been compared across […]
Today there is a new nutrition reality. It is a reality where undernutrition (such as micronutrient deficiencies, stunting and wasting) , overweight, obesity and diet-related noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) like diabetes and cancer now coexist in the same countries, communities, households and even individuals. This is what is called the double burden of malnutrition which impacts […]
Adding pea flour to feeds for severely malnourished children helps them gain weight and restores the balance of microbes in their gut. In a small study of severely malnourished children in Uganda, researchers found that providing them with a feed containing cowpea flour improved their ability to absorb nutrients and gain weight, while maintaining their […]
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As-salamu alaykum! (“May peace be upon you” in Arabic). This is the common greeting heard here in Bokoro, a town about 300 km east of N’Djamena, the capital of Chad. Bokoro is in central Chad, in the southernmost part of the Sahal belt of Africa, so it is an extremely hot, dry, desert climate with […]
Around three million people in the UK are affected by malnutrition and one in three adults who are admitted to hospital are malnourished. Health professionals are in a privileged position to tackle malnutrition because they are more likely to recognise the signs of malnutrition and muscle loss. In my opinion, the first line of defence […]