Akash Porwal
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Sharma A, Chanda S, Porwal A, Wadhwa N, Santhanam D, Ranjan R, et al.
BMC Nutr
. 2024 Jun;
10(1):82.
PMID: 38845052
Background: Maternal dietary diversity is a key to improving the birth and child health outcomes. Besides socio-economic factors, the nutrition specific program- Social and Behavioural Change Communication (SBCC) interventions aimed...
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Rana G, Abraham R, Sachdev H, Nair K, Kumar G, Agarwal P, et al.
Indian Pediatr
. 2023 Jan;
60(3):202-206.
PMID: 36604939
Objective: To evaluate the prevalence of vitamin D deficiency (VDD) and its correlates among apparently healthy children and adolescents. Methods: We carried out a secondary analysis of data of Comprehensive...
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Ramesh S, Abraham R, Sarna A, Sachdev H, Porwal A, Khan N, et al.
BMC Endocr Disord
. 2022 Oct;
22(1):258.
PMID: 36280821
Background: In India, the prevalence of overweight among adolescents is on the rise, setting the stage for an increase in metabolic syndrome (MS). This paper presents the national prevalence of...
4.
Singh S, Sharma S, Rana M, Porwal A, Dwivedi L
SSM Popul Health
. 2022 Oct;
19:101254.
PMID: 36238819
This study aims to examine the effect of administration of shorter and longer versions of questionnaires on key indicators such as age displacement, birth displacement, age heaping, and skipping questions...
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Singh S, Sharma S, Mohanty S, Mishra R, Porwal A, Gulati B
SSM Popul Health
. 2022 Oct;
19:101255.
PMID: 36217312
Objective: Biomarkers are increasingly integrated into population-based surveys to provide reliable estimates of the prevalence of specific diseases. The Demographic and Health Surveys have recently incorporated blood pressure measurements; however,...
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Porwal A, Agarwal P, Ashraf S, Acharya R, Ramesh S, Khan N, et al.
Asia Pac J Clin Nutr
. 2021 Dec;
30(4):675-686.
PMID: 34967196
Background And Objectives: Child undernutrition remains an area of public health concern across the globe, particularly in developing countries like India. Previous studies have focused on the association of maternal...
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Sarna A, Porwal A, Acharya R, Ashraf S, Ramesh S, Khan N, et al.
Obes Sci Pract
. 2021 Aug;
7(4):392-404.
PMID: 34401198
Objective: Nationally representative percentiles for waist circumference (WC), waist-to-height-ratio (WHtR), and body mass index (BMI) are not available for children and adolescents in India. Methods: Using LMS method, age- and...
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Porwal A, Acharya R, Ashraf S, Agarwal P, Ramesh S, Khan N, et al.
Int J Equity Health
. 2021 Jul;
20(1):176.
PMID: 34330292
Background: Conventional indicators used to access the nutritional status of children tend to underestimate the overall undernutrition in the presence of multiple anthropometric failures. Further, factors contributing to the rich-poor...
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Abraham R, Rana G, Agrawal P, Johnston R, Sarna A, Ramesh S, et al.
J Lab Physicians
. 2021 May;
13(1):6-13.
PMID: 34054235
The stability of biological samples is vital for reliable measurements of biomarkers in large-scale survey settings, which may be affected by freeze-thaw procedures. We examined the effect of a single...
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Sachdev H, Porwal A, Sarna A, Acharya R, Ramesh S, Kapil U, et al.
Eur J Clin Nutr
. 2021 Apr;
75(8):1205-1217.
PMID: 33893450
Background: Intra-individual coexistence of anthropometrically defined undernutrition and 'metabolic obesity', characterised by presence of at least one abnormal cardiometabolic risk factor, is rarely investigated in young children and adolescents, particularly...