Home food treatment could save malnourished children
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Hundreds of thousands of badly  malnourished children with limited access to hospital care,  could be given life-saving treatment at home with a  locally-made peanut butter based food, U.N. aid agencies said.
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Malnutrition could kill 18,000 children a year in Benin between now and 2013 unless hunger is made a public health priority, a health official said at a regional meeting on nutrition in Africa.
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Folic acid should be added to flour to cut the risk of birth defects such as spina bifida, experts have recommended.
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The World Food Programme has boosted the number of beneficiaries by 25 percent in an effort to stave off 'food insecurity.'
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Government seeking to counter childhood obesity by making cooking classes compulsory at schools
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Breastfeeding for even a few months may lower the odds that a child will develop leukemia, a new research review suggests.
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Over a million Bangladeshi children will face acute malnutrition if immediate actions are not taken during post-flood rehabilitation efforts, two UN agencies warned yesterday.
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Â· Children's eating habits even worse than adults Â· Food-related ill health can cost NHS Â£6bn a year
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Treating severe pneumonia in  children at home with oral antibiotics works just as well as  treating them with intravenous drugs at a hospital as advised  by the World Health Organization, scientists said on Thursday.
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As many as 120 children in Russiaâs Northern Caucausus region have been hospitalized with dysentery and other intestinal infections after drinking milk products served at their kindergartens.
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Five of the countryÂs largest snack food producers said they would start providing more nutritious foods to schools in an effort to fight childhood obesity.
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A new study links artificial food dyes and preservatives to an increase in hyperactivity in kids--but donât empty the pantry yet. An expert tells us what parents can learn from the new research.
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SUNDAY, Aug. 22 (HealthDayNews) -- Here's some back-to-school meal and snacking advice to help protect your children from tooth decay -- the single most common chronic childhood illness, affecting more than half of children aged 5 to 17 years.
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Around 3.5 million children die every year because of lack of food or poor quality food, experts warn.
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Undernutrition is to blame for 3.5 million deaths among children aged under five each year, but most of the fatalities occur in 20 countries, where targeted aid programmes could swiftly address the problem, researchers say.
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Giving babies nutritious food could significantly increase their earning power as adults, new research suggests.
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A joint statement issued by the World Food Program and the UN Children&#39;s Fund says that without intervention, 1 million children face malnourishment within eight weeks.