An evolving perspective about the origins of childhood undernutrition and nutritional interventions that includes the gut microbiome

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1332, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 22-38

  Ahmed, Tahmeed ^a   Auble, David ^b   Berkley, James A ^c   Black, Robert ^d   Ahern, Philip P ^e   Hossain, Muttaquina ^a   Hsieh, Andrea ^f   Ireen, Santhia ^a   Arabi, Mandana ^f   Gordon, Jeffrey I ^e  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c KEMRI WELLCOME TRUST RESEARCH PROGRAMME   (Kenya)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f NEW YORK ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental enteropathy; Epigenetics; Gnotobiotic mice; Gut microbiota, nutrient immune system interactions, gut barrier function; Neurodevelopment and brain metabolism; Stunting; Undernutrition

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD GROWTH; CHILDHOOD; CLINICAL FEATURE; ENTEROPATHY; EPIGENETICS; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNITY; INFECTION; INTESTINE FLORA; LIFE CYCLE; MALNUTRITION; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PREGNANCY; STUNTING; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROFLORA; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PHYSIOLOGY; TRENDS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

MUS;

CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMANS; MICROBIOTA; NUTRITION POLICY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84918508127     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/nyas.12487     Document Type: Article

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