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...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/20960
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...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21087
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...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/20961
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)...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21232
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...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/20962
Mary Arimond, Souheila Abbeddou, Seth Adu-Afarwuah, Ulla Ashorn, Kenneth Brown, Jaimie Hemsworth, Sonja Hess, Elizabeth Jimenez, Chiza Kumwenda, Anna Lartey, Harriet Okronipa, Jean-Bosco Ouédraogo, Stephen Vosti & Kathryn Dewey·European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety·2015
Objectives: Lipid-based nutrient supplements (LNS) are energy-dense and could change infant and young child feeding (IYCF) practices by changing caregiver perceptions of needs and/or child appetite and demand for breast milk and local complementary foods. We hypothesized that LNS...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21156
Objectives: The potential adverse impact of prenatal multiple micronutrient supplementation (MMN) versus iron-folic acid (IFA) on perinatal mortality is concerned. It has been speculated that MMN might survive frail fetuses to late pregnancy or early infancy, resulting in an incr...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/20963
Objectives: Malnutrition remains a public health problem in the Philippines, particularly among infants and young children and in time of disasters and calamities. The study aimed to develop and utilize locally available, affordable and culturally acceptable raw materials for the...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/20964
Objectives: To compare the effects of 3 different iron-containing supplements on 8-isoprostane-F2α, a subclinical indicator of oxidative stress, in pregnant women in Ghana. Methods: Pregnant women were randomly assigned to receive one of the following 3 interventions: Fe/FA: 60 m...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21233
Objectives: This study aimed to test the nutritional quality of white haricot bean-maize complementary food needing household food processing to decrease phytate content and enhance the bioavailability of iron and zinc. Methods: Community consultation was conducted with mothers t...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/20965
Frank Tammo Wieringa, Jutta Skau, Chhoun Chamnan, Henrik Friis, Marjoleine Amma Dijkhuizen, Jacques Berger, Kim Michaelsen & Nanna Roos·European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety·2015
Objectives: Malnutrition in early childhood predisposes to a higher risk for non-communicable diseases such as obesity and cardio-vascular diseases later in life through not fully understood metabolic alterations. Little is known about body composition in early childhood in relat...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21088
Objectives: National data on the prevalence of zinc deficiency in the Philippine is not available. Data on zinc status of Filipinos is important to design appropriate programs and policies for the improvement of nutrition and health status of Filipino population. This study aim...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/20966
Objectives: To investigate the effect of fish consumption on iodine and vitamin of Omani School Children. Methods: Omani school children aged 9 and 10 years were recruited from two schools in Muscat Governorate in Oman. The children were randomly divided in to fish and control g...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21234
Objectives: This study aims to assess micronutrient rich food consumption, household food security status and its association with stunting. Methods: Community based cross-sectional design was employed to obtain data from 584 participants from three rural communitie. A two stage...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/20967
Objectives: Red palm oil (RPO) is an important plant source of vitamin A (VA) in Cameroon, where ~210,000 tons were produced in 2011. We conducted a national survey of children and women to assess the prevalence of VA deficiency, frequency and amount of RPO consumption and factor...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21089