European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety

Preventing Malnutrition in Infancy through Optimal Breastfeeding: A Study of Mothers’ Perception in Sagamu, South Western Nigeria

Oluwafolahan Sholeye, Doyinsola Somade, Olamide Agunbiade, Omolara Ogundipe, Omotola Banwo & John Olaye · European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety · 2015

Objectives: Breastfeeding is an evidence-based cost-effective means of preventing malnutrition in early childhood, thereby improving the chances of survival. Despite its nutritional advantages breastfeeding has been sub-optimal in Nigeria, due to misconceptions. This study assess...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/EJNFS/2015/20957

Assessment of Jordan's Wheat Flour Fortification External Monitoring System

James P. Wirth, Erin Nichols, Hanan Masa'd, Rawhieh Barham, Quentin W. Johnson & Mary Serdula · European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety · 2015

Objectives: To assess the performance of the external monitoring system utilized in Jordan according to the CDC criteria for surveillance systems. Methods: The performance of the external monitoring system was assessed qualitatively following the CDC's Updated Guidelines for Eval...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21086

Impact of Nutritional Interventions on Mental Development of Children Under-two in Developing Countries: A Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials

Leila Larson & Aisha Yousafzai · European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety · 2015

Objectives: High levels of early child malnutrition in developing countries are of concern not only because they affect later growth but because they may affect mental and motor development. This systematic review updates and goes beyond previous ones by answering two important q...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/EJNFS/2015/20958

Adherence to Intake Recommendations of Lipid-based Nutrient Supplements (LNS) and Iron/Folic Acid (IFA) among Pregnant and Lactating Women (PLW) in a Community Health Program Setting

Kassandra Harding, Christine Stewart, Susana Matias, Malay Mridha, Stephen Vosti & Kathryn Dewey · European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety · 2015

Objectives: Limited knowledge exists on sustained adherence to small quantity LNS for PLW and how this compares to other prenatal supplements, particularly in programmatic settings. We aimed to address these gaps. Methods: A random subsample of women (n=360) from an ongoing LNS e...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21231

The Effect of Neonatal Vitamin A Supplementation on the Risk of Atopy; Long-term Follow-up on a Randomized Controlled Trial in Guinea-Bissau

Sofie Aage, Nick Kiraly, Kassarai Da Costa, Stine Byberg, Morten Bjerregaard-Andersen, Ane Bærent Fisker, Peter Aaby & Christine Stabell Benn · European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety · 2015

Objectives: Neonatal vitamin A (NVAS) is currently being considered as policy in low income countries at risk of deficiency. We conducted NVAS trials in Guinea-Bissau and found sex-differential effects of NVAS on mortality, the effect being negative for females. We examined the e...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/EJNFS/2015/20959

Building on Uganda's Progress in Reducing Anemia among Children: From Evidence to Action

John Fiedler, Deepali Godha, Manisha Tharaney, Jolene Wun, Sarah Ngalombi & Alex Mokori · European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety · 2015

Objectives: Anemia is a problem of public health significance in Uganda. In 2001, 71% of children under-five were anemic. In 2011, the prevalence of anemia had declined to 50% among children. This large decline in anemia prevalence has prompted questions of what factors have cont...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/EJNFS/2015/20960

Effective Modalities to Improve Pregnant Women’s Compliance to Daily Prenatal Iron Supplementation

Aregash Samuel, Girma Mamo, Samson Gebremedhin, Tibebu Moges, Tsehai Assefa & Amha Kebede · European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety · 2015

Objectives: Prenatal Iron Supplementation (PIS) has a paramount contribution for reducing maternal mortality. The coverage and compliance in Ethiopia is 17.3% and 0.4% respectively. The aim of this study was to determine the coverage of and adherence to prenatal PIS and to identi...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21087

Lessons in Scale-up of a Public Sector Zinc ORS Intervention for Childhood Diarrhoea Management in the Indian State of Bihar

Mahesh Srinivas, Sanjeev Kumar, Devaji Patil, Rakesh Chandra Jha, Rajiv Ranjan & Meena Haribhau Jadhav · European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety · 2015

Objectives: The Government of India introduced guidelines on therapeutic supplementation of zinc in the management of childhood diarrhoea in the year 2007, but programmatic constraints delayed its introduction into public health programs. Micronutrient Initiative, with support fr...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/EJNFS/2015/20961

Combining Nutritional Communication and Supplementation of Multi-Micronutrient to Improve Nutritional Status of Vietnamese Children Aged 6-23 Months

Huong Cao & Hop Le · European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety · 2015

Objectives: To determine effect of weekly dose of MNP combining with nutritional communication on hemoglobin concentration and anthropomectric index of children aged 6-23 months. Methods: A randomized controlled trial was done:  Control group (n=100) and intervention group (n=99)...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21232

Improving Public Sector Case-reporting for Childhood Diarrhea through Capacitating Female Community Level Volunteers (CLVs) in the Indian State of Bihar

Sanjeev Kumar & Rajiv Ranjan · European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety · 2015

Objectives: CLVs play an important role in prevention and treatment of diarrhoea. However, only a small proportion of the cases treated by these semi-literate CLVs are reported and fed into the Health Management Information Systems (HMIS). Micronutrient Initiative capacitated and...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/EJNFS/2015/20962