Vitamin A Supplements. A guide to their use in the treatment and prevention of vitamin A deficiency and xero-phthalmia. 24 Seiten. World Health Organization, Geneva 1988. Preis 8,- Sw. fr.; 6,40 US $

Nahrung/Food ◽  
1989 ◽  
Vol 33 (4) ◽  
pp. 380-380
Author(s):  
B. Gassmann
Keyword(s):  
Vitamin A ◽  
World Health Organization ◽  
Vitamin A Deficiency ◽  
World Health ◽  
Treatment And Prevention ◽  
Health Organization

scholarly journals An Accidental Nutritionist

2020 ◽  
Vol 40 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-23
Author(s):  
Alfred Sommer
Keyword(s):  
Vitamin A ◽  
World Health Organization ◽  
Vitamin A Deficiency ◽  
World Health ◽  
Formal Training ◽  
Global Control ◽  
Treatment And Prevention ◽  
The World ◽  
Health Organization ◽  
Unnecessary Death

My career as an accidental nutritionist began with my immersion in cholera control, a cyclone disaster, a smallpox epidemic, and formal training in ophthalmology and epidemiology. Interest in blindness prevention inexplicably led me to (re)pioneer the effects, treatment, and prevention of vitamin A deficiency, while faced with intense criticism by many leading scientists in the nutrition community. The resulting efforts by the World Health Organization and UNICEF in support of programs for the global control of vitamin A deficiency still face vocal opposition by some senior scientists, despite having been estimated to have saved tens of millions of children from unnecessary death and blindness. This entire journey was largely an accident!

scholarly journals Peculiarities of Teaching Problems of Metabolic Syndrome in Children to Interns

2017 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Olha Bobrykovych
Keyword(s):  
Metabolic Syndrome ◽  
Childhood Obesity ◽  
World Health Organization ◽  
World Health ◽  
Health Crisis ◽  
Global Epidemic ◽  
Treatment And Prevention ◽  
The World ◽  
Symptom Complex ◽  
Health Organization

Obesity has become one of the most urgent social problems worldwide. Continuous and rapid increase in obesity rates is considered by the World Health Organization as a global epidemic. Obesity affects children as well; the World Health Organization recognized childhood obesity as an acute public health crisis. Childhood obesity is often accompanied by arterial hypertension, hyperlipidemia and disorders of        carbohydrate metabolism resulting in symptom complex – metabolic syndrome. While teaching the problems of metabolic syndrome in children to interns, a significant attention is paid to risk factors, diagnosis, treatment and prevention of syndrome. Such approach will allow future pediatricians to diagnose and prevent the development of early complications of metabolic syndrome in children timely.

The Rise of Telemedicine

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Catherine Diyakonov ◽  
Keyword(s):  
World Health Organization ◽  
Healthcare Services ◽  
Emerging Technology ◽  
Access To Healthcare ◽  
World Health ◽  
Delivery Of Healthcare ◽  
Treatment And Prevention ◽  
Needed Information ◽  
The World ◽  
Health Organization

In 2017, the World Health Organization estimated that over half of the world’s population does not have access to healthcare services. Not having healthcare can be fatal, but telemedicine is proving to be a possible solution. Telemedicine is the delivery of healthcare services at a distance, enabling the exchange of needed information for diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease, advancing the health of individuals and their communities (WHO, 2010). With the COVID-19 pandemic causing a spike in telemedicine usage, this emerging technology has proven to be a useful alternative to save lives around the world.

scholarly journals Re-Defining the Population-Specific Cut-Off Mark for Vitamin A Deficiency in Pre-School Children of Malawi

Nutrients ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 849
Author(s):  
Blessings H. Likoswe ◽  
Edward J. M. Joy ◽  
Fanny Sandalinas ◽  
Suzanne Filteau ◽  
Kenneth Maleta ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Vitamin A ◽  
School Children ◽  
Vitamin A Deficiency ◽  
Threshold Concentration ◽  
The Body ◽  
Retinol Binding Protein ◽  
World Health ◽  
Target Tissue ◽  
Serum Retinol ◽  
Health Organization

Retinol Binding Protein (RBP) is responsible for the transport of serum retinol (SR) to target tissue in the body. Since RBP is relatively easy and cheap to measure, it is widely used in national Micronutrient Surveys (MNS) as a proxy for SR to determine vitamin A status. By regressing RBP concentration against SR concentration measured in a subset of the survey population, one can define a population-specific threshold concentration of RBP that indicates vitamin A deficiency (VAD). However, the relationship between RBP and SR concentrations is affected by various factors including inflammation. This study, therefore, aimed to re-define the population-specific cut-off for VAD by examining the influence of inflammation on RBP and SR, among pre-school children (PSC) from the 2015–16 Malawi MNS. The initial association between RBP and SR concentrations was poor, and this remained the case despite applying various methods to correct for inflammation. The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends the threshold of 0.7 µmol/L to define VAD for SR concentrations. Applying this threshold to the RBP concentrations gave a VAD prevalence of 24%, which reduced to 10% after inflammation adjustments following methods developed by the Biomarkers Reflecting Inflammation and Nutritional Determinants of Anemia (BRINDA). Further research is required to identify why SR and RBP were poorly associated in this population. Future MNS will need to account for the effect of inflammation on RBP to measure the prevalence of VAD in Malawi.

scholarly journals OSTEOPOROSIS - STATISTICAL DATA FOR PATIENTS WITH OSTEOPOROSIS IN THE PERIOD FROM 2020 AND THE CURRENT 2021

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (7) ◽  
pp. 366-370
Author(s):  
Jihe Zhu ◽  
Blagica Arsovska ◽  
Kristina Kozovska
Keyword(s):  
Hip Fracture ◽  
Older People ◽  
World Health Organization ◽  
Hospital Care ◽  
Statistical Data ◽  
World Health ◽  
Need For Treatment ◽  
Treatment And Prevention ◽  
The World ◽  
Health Organization

About 120.000 women in Macedonia suffer from osteoporosis. These statistics of the World Health Organization are just a warning about the need for treatment and prevention of this disease. For this research were analyzed statistical data for patients with osteoporosis in the period from 2020 and the current 2021. The data were taken from PHI Medika - Strumica, R.N. Macedonia and the Faculty of Medicine, Skopje RS Macedonia. From the obtained data from 2020 and 2021 for the number of examinations that have been performed in patients with osteoporosis over 50 years, in 2020, out of a total of 542 examinations, 523 are women diagnosed with osteoporosis and 19 are men. In the current 2021, out of a total of 115 examinations, 112 are women and 3 men are registered with osteoporosis. From the obtained data from the PHI Medika - Strumica, in 2020, out of a total of 792 examinations, 762 are women diagnosed with osteoporosis and 30 are men. In the current 2021, out of a total of 256 examinations, 250 are women and 6 men. In women osteoporosis is significantly more common than in men. From the hospitalized patients with hip fracture because of osteoporosis, 3.4% of those who are hospitalized are patients aged from 60 to 69 years, 30.6% are aged from 70 to 79 years, 66% are patients aged 80+ years. Age also plays an important role in osteoporosis and fractures. Older people are more likely to need hospital care than younger people.

A graduated food addiction classification approach significantly differentiates obesity among people with type 2 diabetes

2016 ◽  
Vol 23 (14) ◽  
pp. 1781-1789 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karren-Lee Raymond ◽  
Lee Kannis-Dymand ◽  
Geoff P Lovell
Keyword(s):  
Type 2 Diabetes ◽  
Body Mass Index ◽  
World Health Organization ◽  
Body Mass ◽  
Food Addiction ◽  
World Health ◽  
Treatment And Prevention ◽  
Yale Food Addiction Scale ◽  
Health Organization

This study examined a graduated severity level approach to food addiction classification against associations with World Health Organization obesity classifications (body mass index, kg/m2) among 408 people with type 2 diabetes. A survey including the Yale Food Addiction Scale and several demographic questions demonstrated four distinct Yale Food Addiction Scale symptom severity groups (in line with Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (5th ed.) severity indicators): non-food addiction, mild food addiction, moderate food addiction and severe food addiction. Analysis of variance with post hoc tests demonstrated each severity classification group was significantly different in body mass index, with each grouping being associated with increased World Health Organization obesity classifications. These findings have implications for diagnosing food addiction and implementing treatment and prevention methodologies of obesity among people with type 2 diabetes.

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