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On hospital admission, clinical data, including anemia, edema, and HIV infection status, were collected. Anthropometric measurements, height, weight, and skinfold thickness, were obtained during hospital and community follow-ups. Stool samples were collected to assess intestinal parasitic infections. Longitudinal linear mixed-effects models were used to identify factors associated with changes in weight and proxies of body composition (sum of skinfolds and percentage body fat [%BF]) over time. A total of 217 children were included, with a mean age of 19.2 \u00b1 8.4 months. On admission, 43.7% (94\/215) of patients had kwashiorkor, 88.7% (188\/212) had anemia, and 55.8% (121\/217) had edema. HIV infection was diagnosed in 25.7% (55\/214) of patients, and 26.7% (58\/217) were positive for intestinal parasitic infections. HIV infection was a strong predictor associated with lower weight gain and body composition change over time (sum of skinfold and estimated %BF), whereas edema was associated with increased gains (\n                    <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n                    &lt;0.001). Intestinal parasitic infections were associated with weight changes only in univariate analysis (\n                    <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n                    &lt;0.05). HIV infection and edema at admission were major determinants of recovery, emphasizing targeted HIV care and continued edema monitoring.\n                  <\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.4269\/ajtmh.26-0014","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,9,22]],"date-time":"2026-09-22T15:29:08Z","timestamp":1790090948000},"source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Predictors of Changes in Weight and Body Composition in Undernourished Children in Mozambique: A Longitudinal Study"],"prefix":"10.4269","author":[{"given":"Idal\u00e9cia","family":"Cossa-Moiane","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Instituto Nacional de Sa\u00fade, EN1, Marracuene, Mozambique;"},{"name":"Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerpen, Belgium;"},{"name":"Global Health Institute, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium;"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Sara Sim\u00f5es","family":"Dias","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Center for Innovative Care and Health Technology, Instituto Polit\u00e9cnico de Leiria, Escola Superior de Sa\u00fade, Leiria, Portugal;"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Colleen","family":"Doak","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Public Health, College of Health Sciences, St. Ambrose University, Davenport, Iowa, USA;"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Maiza","family":"Campos-Ponce","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Health Sciences, VU University Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands;"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Cl\u00e9mentine","family":"Roucher","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerpen, Belgium;"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Amanda","family":"Durkin","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Health Sciences, VU University Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands;"},{"name":"Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands;"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Adilson Fernando","family":"Loforte Bauhofer","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Instituto Nacional de Sa\u00fade, EN1, Marracuene, Mozambique;"},{"name":"Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal;"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jean-Pierre","family":"Van Geertruyden","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Global Health Institute, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium;"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Nilsa","family":"de Deus","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Instituto Nacional de Sa\u00fade, EN1, Marracuene, Mozambique;"},{"name":"Departamento de Ci\u00eancias Biol\u00f3gicas, Universidade Eduardo Mondlane, Maputo, Mozambique"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Katja","family":"Polman","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerpen, Belgium;"},{"name":"Department of Health Sciences, VU University Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands;"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"2795","reference":[{"issue":"3","key":"b1","series-title":"J Nutr","first-page":"893S","article-title":"Obesity trends in Latin America: Transiting from under- to overweight","volume":"131","author":"Uauy","year":"2001"},{"issue":"10217","key":"b2","series-title":"Lancet","first-page":"65","article-title":"Dynamics of the double burden of malnutrition and the changing nutrition reality","volume":"395","author":"Popkin","year":"2020"},{"issue":"1A","key":"b3","series-title":"Public Health Nutr","first-page":"105","article-title":"Is obesity replacing or adding to undernutrition? 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