Nutrition and Mortality

Malnutrition and Energy Restriction Differentially Affect Viral Immunity, Barry W. Ritz and Elizabeth M. Gardner, American Society for Nutrition J. Nutr. 136:1141-1144, May 2006


Historical Concepts of Interactions, Synergism and Antagonism between Nutrition and Infection, Nevin S. Scrimshaw, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA and Food and Nutrition Programme, United Nations University, Tokyo, Japan, The American Society for Nutritional Sciences J. Nutr. 133:316S-321S, January 2003

Powanda, M. & Beisel, W. R. (2002) Metabolic effects of infection on protein and energy metabolism. J. Nutr. 133:322S-327S

Nutritional supplementation: effects on child stunting because of diarrhea, CK Lutter, JO Mora, JP Habicht, KM Rasmussen, DS Robson, SG Sellers, CM Super and MG Herrera Food and Nutrition Board, National Research Council, Washington, DC. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Vol 50, 1-8, Copyright © 1989

Early and late growth and blood pressure in adolescence, B L Horta1, F C Barros, C G Victora and T J Cole, Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 2003;57:226-230


Where and why are 10 million children dying every year - RE Black, SS Morris, J Bryce… - Lancet, 2003

Is malnutrition declining? An analysis of changes in levels of child malnutrition since 1980 Mercedes de Onis, Edward A. Frongillo, & Monika Blo¨ ssner. WHO

Worldwide Timing of Growth Faltering: Implications for Nutritional Interventions

Roger Shrimpton, Cesar G. Victora, Mercedes de Onis, Rosângela Costa Lima, Monika Blössner, and Graeme Clugston, 2001, Worldwide Timing of Growth Faltering: Implications for Nutritional Interventions, PEDIATRICS Vol. 107 No. 5 May 2001, p. e75.


An Analysis of Anemia and Pregnancy-Related Maternal Mortality, Bernard J. Brabin, Mohammad Hakimi and David Pelletier, (Journal of Nutrition. 2001;131:604S-615S.)

Epidemiologic evidence for a potentiating effect of malnutrition on child mortality, DL Pelletier, EA Frongillo Jr and JP Habicht, American Journal of Public Health, Vol 83, Issue 8 1130-1133, Copyright © 1993

THE EFFECT OF MALNUTRITION ON THE SUSCEPTIBILITY OF THE HOST TO VIRAL INFECTION, DOUGLAS H. SPRUNT, M.D., AND CLYDE C. FLANIGAN, PH.D., 1956


Synergism of nutrition, infection, and immunity: an overview, Nevin S Scrimshaw and Jean Paul SanGiovanni, American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Vol 66, 464S-477S, Copyright, 1997

Calorie restriction and aging: review of the literature and implications for studies in humans, Leonie K Heilbronn and Eric Ravussin, American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Vol. 78, No. 3, 361-369, September 2003


Insights from the developing world: thrifty genotypes and thrifty phenotypes. Andrew M Prentice, Pura Rayco-Solon, Sophie E Moore