NSU Research Contributions
Title : Nutritional status and childhood wheezing in rural Bangladesh
Authors : Mohammad Delwer Hossain Hawlader, Emiko Noguchi, Shams El Arifeen, Lars Åke Persson, Sophie E Moore, Rubhana Raqib, Yukiko Wagatsuma
| Journal Article Title: Public Health Nutrition | Volume Number: 17 | Publication Year : 2014 | Issue Number: 7 |
| Index: scopus | Ranking: Q1 | Publisher Name: Cambridge University Press | |
| Pages : 8 | |||
| Funding Source : None |
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Direct Sustainable Development Goals : SDG3 Good Health & Well-being |
Indirect Sustainable Development Goals : SDG2 Zero Hunger |
Sustainable Development Sub Goals : Reduce premature mortality from non-communicable diseases and promote mental health and well-being Achieve universal health coverage End all forms of malnutrition |
| Impact statement: This cross-sectional study of 912 children in Matlab, rural Bangladesh, establishes that chronic undernutrition, specifically stunting, is a significant risk factor for childhood wheezing. Even after adjusting for sex, birth weight, and family history, stunted children were 1.74 times more likely to experience current wheezing. Interestingly, the research suggests that wheezing in this population is mostly non-atopic, as it was not significantly linked to common allergens like dust mites. These findings indicate that malnutrition may directly influence immune function and lung growth, serving as an urgent call for public health interventions to address chronic undernutrition as a means to mitigate the growing burden of allergic-like illnesses in developing countries. | Collaboration: Other | Keywords: Child health, Nutritional status, IgE, Current wheezing |
