Review Association between Intestinal Parasite Infections and Proxies for Body Composition: A Scoping Review
Nutrients; 14 (), 2022
Publication year: 2022
Intestinal parasite infections and undernutrition are major health problems in lowand middle-income countries (LMIC). According to World Health Organization (WHO),
more than 1.5 billion people, or 24% of the world’s population, are infected with soiltransmitted helminths, the largest group of intestinal parasite infections, contributing
5.2 million disability-adjusted life-years worldwide in 2010 [1,2]. Globally, 47 million
children under 5 years of age are wasted, and 144 million are stunted [3]. Around 45% of
deaths among children under 5 years of age are linked to undernutrition [3]....