[Survey of nutritional pathology in Mauritania].
A display of the different nutritional problems in Mauritania, such as they could be studied under the working medical conditions in this country. This study shows the coexistence, into a low life level country, of nutritional deficiency diseases, and obesity induced diseases, especially frequent among the mature women. This reality emphasizes the complexity of the mechanisms responsible for the nutritional diseases, and advocates for a global action to improve the nutritional status of a population. This supposes to integrate all the known data, including social and cultural knowledges.
D000328:Adult; D000740:Anemia / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D001361:Avitaminosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008435:Mauritania; D009748:Nutrition Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D009765:Obesity / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D011502:Protein-Energy Malnutrition / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology
Aperçu de la pathologie nutritionnelle en Mauritanie.