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PROCEEDINGS OF THE NUTRITION SOCIETY
Volume 67, Issue 1, Pages 109-113Publisher
CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1017/S0029665108006095
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millennium development goals; HIV infection; nutrition and HIV/AIDS
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HIV/AIDS is associated with biological and social factors that affect the individual's ability to consume and utilize food and to acquire food. These biological and social factors lead to poor nutritional status and weight loss, which are an important cause of morbidity in individuals infected with HIV, resulting in a poor quality of life; weight loss is an important predictor of death from AIDS. The links between nutrition and HIV/AIDS amplify the negative effects of HIV infection on human development at individual, household, community and national levels. For many developing countries the incidence of HIV/AlDS and malnutrition is impeding progress towards achieving the UN millennium development goals. Aggressive interventions to curb the spread of HIV continue to be needed. Concurrent efforts to improve nutrition for populations living with HIV/AIDS should also be given priority.
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