Objectives: Our objective is to increase intake of intake of iron-rich foods (IRFs) among women of reproductive age and children under five, and enhance pro-nutrition gender roles, through evidence-based social and behavior change communication (SBCC) materials and interventions ...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21034
Objectives: To assess the status of iodine deficiency amongst school age children (6-12 years) in district Pauri, Uttarakhand. Methods: Thirty clusters were selected by utilizing the population proportionate to size (PPS) cluster sampling methodology. A total of 2067 children in...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21267
Objectives: To assess the coverage and the associated factors of micronutrient consumption by mothers and under five children in Navagaththegama area, Sri Lanka. Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted among a representative sample (n =493) of children under 5...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21035
Bharati Kulkarni, Hannah Kuper, Sanjay Kinra, M Sesha Charyulu, Yoav Ben-Shlomo, George Davey Smith, Shah Ebrahim & K.V. Radhakrishna·European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety·2015
Objectives: Positive relationship of vitamin D status with muscle mass and strength has been observed in studies from the developed countries but evidence from the developing countries is sparse. This study assessed the relationship of vitamin D status with muscle mass and muscle...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21163
Objectives: Our objective is to increase pregnant and lactating women's access to iron-rich foods through effective agriculture-nutrition social and behavior change communication (SBCC) programming at household and smallholder farm level. Methods: Formative research and a compre...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21036
Objectives: Ensuring adequate and timely availability of iron folic acid supplements at delivery points is a challenge for success of IFAS interventions. In Dakar and Fatick regions, the supply chain of IFAS was assessed to identify constraints and bottlenecks and to recommend so...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21268
Objectives: To assess anemia prevalence and its associated factors among pregnant women attending antenatal care in Karamara hospital. Methods: Cross sectional study was conducted among antenatal care attendants in Karamara hospital, from March 11 to May 18, 2013. Structured ques...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21037
Objectives: Adequately iodized salt needs to be made accessible to the most marginalized. Madhya Pradesh, a state in central India, is home to a substantial proportion of India's poor. In 2009, the coverage of adequately iodized salt in the state was nearly 90% among the richest...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21109
Objectives: Interventions to improve household diet quality and food security under the Integrated Malnutrition, HIV/AIDS, and TB (IMHAT) project (2008-2012) were planned, implemented and monitored jointly with the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MOFA) and Ghana Health Services...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21038
Objectives: This study assessed vitamin D status by measuring plasma 25(OH)D concentrations in rural women in southern Ethiopia living in the Rift Valley at 7°3´ N latitude. Methods: Nonpregnant women (n = 202) living in three adjacent rural communities volunteered to participate...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21164