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Background: In Ethiopia, child malnutrition is one of the most serious public health problem and the highest in the world. This study aimed to assess the magnitude and associated risk factors with undernutrition among preschool children in Hawassa area, South Ethiopia. Methods: A community based cross-sectional study was employed on 358 mother-child pairs of 6-59 month old children from February to March 2012.Weight and height of the selected children was measured and the socio-demographic characteristics of the subjects were collected using a structured interviewed questionnaire. Logistic...

Nutrition in health and illness has been offered to medical and health students. The course on nutrition aims to provide students with the comprehensive understanding of nutrition on health and illness issues with particular emphasis to current and emerging nutritional problems of low income countries. The book content in general tries to cover, nutrition and health, diet and diseases (both communicable and non-communicable), dietary guidelines, nutritional requirement at critical periods, nutritional assessment, community based acute malnutrition, the National Nutrition Strategy, Essential...