Kerry Schulze, Saijuddin Shaikh, Hasmot Ali, Abu Ahmed Shamim, Lee Wu, Alain Labrique, Rolf Klemm, Sucheta Mehra, Pongtorn Sungpuag, Emorn Wasantwisut, Parul Christian & Keith West·European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety·2015
Objectives: Women often enter pregnancy with micronutrient deficiencies, exacerbated by demands of pregnancy. Yet, gestational micronutrient status is uncommonly assessed, even as momentum builds toward preventing multiple micronutrient (MM) deficiencies. We assessed micronutrien...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21300
Maxwell A. Barffour, Kerry Schulze, Amanda Palmer, Justin Chileshe, Ng'andwe Kalungwana, Lee Wu, Christian Coles, Rolf Klemm, Margia Arguello, William Moss & Keith P. West Jr.·European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety·2015
Objectives: In the context of malaria and inflammation, the utility of ferritin and soluble transferring receptor (sTfR), as indicators of iron status may be compromised. In this study, we evaluated the effects of correcting for malaria and inflammation on the prevalence of iron...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21266
Keith West, Robert Cole, Kerry Schulze, Joshua Betz, Ingo Ruczinski, Sun Eun Lee, Lee Wu, James Yager, John Groopman, Sudeep Shrestha & Parul Christian·European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety·2015
Objectives: Micronutrient deficiencies are common but remain ‘hidden' due to difficulty of assessment. We explored the plasma proteome to identify nutrient-correlated biomarkers that may predict multiple micronutrient status and deficiencies, possibly on a single platform in the...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21311
Objectives: To evaluate the association between nutritional status and other risk factors with dietary diversity in the 1st trimester of pregnancy among women in rural Bangladesh. Methods: A cross-sectional analysis of data among women enrolled during the 1st trimester of pregnan...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/20886
Sun Eun Lee, Keith P. West, Jr., Robert N Cole, Ingo Ruczinski, Kerry Schulze, Lee Wu, James D. Yager, John Groopman & Parul Christian·European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety·2015
Objectives: Antenatal micronutrient interventions may influence maternal and offspring health in chronically undernourished settings; however, molecular mechanisms remain largely unexplored. We examined effects of multiple combinations of antenatal micronutrients as supplements o...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21249
Objectives: To integrate tablet-based data collection tools with dietary data processing software for assessment of dietary intakes among children in rural Zambia. Methods: Dietary intakes of 4- to 8-year-old children in rural Zambia (n=1226) were collected by 24 hour recall inte...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21308