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Volume 20 - June 2017

Contents

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  • PHN volume 20 issue 6 Cover and Front matter

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    06 April 2017, pp. f1-f2
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  • PHN volume 20 issue 1 Cover and Front matter

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    28 December 2016, pp. f1-f2
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  • PHN volume 20 issue 5 Cover and Back matter

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    20 March 2017, pp. b1-b3
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  • PHN volume 20 issue 2 Cover and Back matter

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    12 January 2017, pp. b1-b3
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  • PHN volume 20 issue 15 Cover and Back matter

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    15 September 2017, pp. b1-b4
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Community nutrition

Research Papers

  • The prevalence and factors associated with stunting among infants aged 6 months in a peri-urban South African community

  • Tonderayi M Matsungo, Herculina S Kruger, Mieke Faber, Marinel Rothman, Cornelius M Smuts
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    07 September 2017, pp. 3209-3218
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  • Objective

    To determine the prevalence and factors associated with stunting in 6-month-old South African infants.

    Design

    This cross-sectional study was part of the baseline of a randomized controlled trial. Weight-for-length, length-for-age and weight-for-age Z-scores were based on the WHO classification. Blood samples were analysed for Hb, plasma ferritin and soluble transferrin receptor (sTfR). Socio-economic, breast-feeding and complementary feeding practices were assessed by questionnaire.

    Setting/Subjects

    Infants aged 6 months (n 750) from a peri-urban area of Matlosana Municipality, North West Province of South Africa.

    Results

    Stunting, underweight, wasting and overweight affected 28·5, 11·1, 1·7 and 10·1 % of infants, respectively. Exclusive breast-feeding to 6 months of age was reported in 5·9 % of the infants. Multivariable binary logistic regression showed that birth weight (OR=0·12; 95 % CI 0·07, 0·21, P<0·001) and maternal height (OR=0·94; 95 % CI 0·91, 0·98, P=0·001) were inversely associated with stunting; while male sex (OR=1·73; 95 % CI 1·10, 2·70, P=0·014) was associated with higher odds for stunting. Stunting was also associated with higher plasma sTfR (>8·3 mg/l) concentrations.

    Conclusions

    The association between stunting and lower birth weight, shorter maternal height and male sex reflects possibly the intergenerational origins of stunting. Therefore, interventions that focus on improving preconceptual and maternal nutritional status, combined with strategies to promote appropriate infant feeding practices, may be an important strategy to prevent stunting in vulnerable settings.

Back Cover (OBC, IBC) and matter

  • PHN volume 20 issue 6 Cover and Back matter

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    06 April 2017, pp. b1-b3
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  • PHN volume 20 issue 17 Cover and Front matter

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    13 November 2017, pp. f1-f2
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  • PHN volume 20 issue 9 Cover and Back matter

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    21 June 2017, pp. b1-b4
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  • PHN volume 20 issue 1 Cover and Back matter

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    28 December 2016, pp. b1-b4
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Letters to the Editor

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  • PHN volume 20 issue 8 Cover and Back matter

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    05 June 2017, pp. b1-b3
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  • PHN volume 20 issue 10 Cover and Back matter

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    13 July 2017, pp. b1-b4
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    13 November 2017, pp. b1-b4
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Letters to the Editor

  • Universal v. risk-based screening for food insecurity

  • John F Steiner, Chan Zeng
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    10 May 2017, p. 2076
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    15 August 2017, pp. f1-f2
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