Nutritional update: relevance to maternal and child health in East Africa.

Maureen B. Duggan

Centre for Human Nutrition, University of Sheffild, Northern General Hospital,
Herries Rd S5 7AU

Abstract
In this review of recent advances in nutrition, we shall follow the ‘life cycle’ with special attention to maternal and foetal nutrition, linear growth, and nutritional assessment. We also consider nutrition, infection and micronutrients, and recent concepts of the pathophysiology and management of protein energy malnutrition PEM.
African Health Sciences2003 3(3): 136 – 143