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  1. Michelangelo, the Sistine Chapel and the “secret” of cancer cachexia

    Michelangelo, the Sistine Chapel and the “secret” of cancer cachexia

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: A. Laviano --- Department of Clinical Medicine, Italy
    The clinical journey of chronic diseases, including cancer, renal failure and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, is frequently characterised by the progressive deterioration of nutritional status, leading to increased morbidity and mortality, and impinges upon quality of life. Disease-associated malnutrition is...
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  2. Moderate malnutrition in children aged five years and younger in South Africa: are wasting or stunting being treated?

    Moderate malnutrition in children aged five years and younger in South Africa: are wasting or stunting being treated?

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: L Steenkamp --- Department of Dietetics, R Lategan --- Head Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, J Raubenheimer --- Department of Biostatistics,
    Objectives: The objective of the study was to describe wasting and stunting in children aged 12–60 months, admitted to targeted supplementary feeding programmes for the treatment of moderate acute malnutrition (MAM) in South Africa.
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  3. Undernutrition among children under five in the Bandja village of Cameroon, Africa

    Undernutrition among children under five in the Bandja village of Cameroon, Africa

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: Léonie Dapi Nzefa --- Department of Public Health, Cameroon Francisca Monebenimp --- Department of Public Health, Cameroon Christofer Äng --- Department of Clinical Medicine, Umeå, Sweden
    Background: Sub-Saharan Africa has a long history of struggling with child undernutrition. The prevalence of undernutrition is still high and knowledge about this public health problem and the underlying causes is essential for children’s health.
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  4. Understanding the factors associated with child malnutrition in rural Burundi: experiences from the Muyinga and Ngozi provinces

    Understanding the factors associated with child malnutrition in rural Burundi: experiences from the Muyinga and Ngozi provinces

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: Willy Désiré Emera --- Ghent University, Belgium Marijke D’Haese --- Ghent University, Belgium Wannes Slosse --- Ghent University, Belgium Carl Lachat --- Ghent University, Belgium
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