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Nutrition and the Gut Microbiota in 10- to 18-Month-Old Children Living in Urban Slums of Mumbai, India.
mSphere - 23 Sept 2020
Huey Samantha L, Jiang Lingjing, Fedarko Marcus W, McDonald Daniel, Martino Cameron, Ali Farhana, Russell David G, Udipi Shobha A, Thorat Aparna, Thakker Varsha, Ghugre Padmini, Potdar R D, Chopra Harsha, Rajagopalan Kripa, Haas Jere D, Finkelstein Julia L, Knight Rob, Mehta Saurabh
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In this cross-sectional study, we describe the composition and diversity of the gut microbiota among undernourished children living in urban slums of Mumbai, India, and determine how nutritional status, including anthropometric measurements, dietary intakes from complementary foods, feeding practices, and micronutrient concentrations, is associated with their gut microbiota. We collected rectal swabs from...
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