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ey0015.13-21 | Growth and Development | ESPEYB15

13.21 Early childhood linear growth faltering in low-income and middle-income countries as a whole-population condition: analysis of 179 Demographic and Health Surveys from 64 countries (1993-2015)

DE Roth , A Krishna , M Leung , J Shi , DG Bassant , AJ Barros

To read the full abstract: Lancet Glob Health 2017; 5(12):e1249-e1257This paper adds to the understanding of the factors underlying stunting in low-and middle-income countries (LMIC), a phenomenon that is adaptive to undernutrition, and associates with overall poorer health status and unfavorable social determinants of health. Previously thought to be secondary to predominantly individual...

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ey0016.1-6 | New Mechanisms | ESPEYB16

1.6. Regulation of feeding by somatostatin neurons in the tuberal nucleus

SX Luo , J Huang , Q Li , H Mohammad , CY Lee , K Krishna , AM Kok , YL Tan , JY Lim , H Li , LY Yeow , J Sun , M He , J Grandjean , S Sajikumar , W Han , Y Fu

To read the full abstract: Science 2018;361:7681.The tuberal nucleus (TN) is a hypothalamic region which is well described in humans but remains poorly defined in rodents. In this paper, the authors demonstrated by specific and sophisticated techniques the role of somatostatin expressing TN (TNSST) neurons in the control of food intake in mice. Interestingly, their resul...

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ESPE Yearbook of Paediatric Endocrinology

13.21 Early childhood linear growth faltering in low-income and middle-income countries as a whole-population condition: analysis of 179 Demographic and Health Surveys from 64 countries (1993-2015)

1.6. Regulation of feeding by somatostatin neurons in the tuberal nucleus

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