Objective: To assess the usefulness of breast milk vitamin A (BMVA) for evaluating the impact of food-based vitamin A (VA) interventions. Methods: We assessed the effect of daily supplementation with 600 ug VA activity as either retinyl palmitate or β-carotene (BC) or 0 ug VA act...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21029
Objectives: The production and distribution of non iodized salt is banned by the legislation in Senegal and the Ministry of Trade (MoT) supported by the police forces and the Department of Hygiene of the Ministry of Health is mandated to enforce this legislation. However, househo...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21265
Objectives: The Codex Alimentarius guidelines on formulated complementary foods for older infants and young children have important implications for maintaining nutritional status and health and preventing malnutrition. Governments and companies rely on these guidelines, yet they...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21030
Objectives: The effectiveness of wheat- and maize-flour fortification for improving iron status and anemia in real-world situations has not been documented. The objective was to review published and grey literature on the public-health impact of flour fortification. Methods: A ...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21162
Objectives: The mandate of this working group was to assess the importance of salt iodine quality in successful IDD prevention and control. Examine the role of salt iodine content in quality assurance, inspection, surveillance, and coalition oversight of IDD programs. Methods: Sc...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21031
Objectives: To examine the prevalence of anemia, iron deficiency and iron deficiency anemia in pre-school children and potential seasonal variations. Methods: As part of a community-based trial in rural Bangladesh (the MINIMat-trial) children were assessed for hemoglobin and ferr...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21107
Objectives: Over 2 Billion people globally are estimated to be anemic, primary due to iron deficiency anemia. The prevalence is exacerbated in rural populations, in countries with extreme resource deficiencies resulting in debilitating consequences of impaired health and producti...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21032
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
Marly Cardoso, Rosangela Augusto, Gisele Bortolini, Cristieli Oliveira, Daniela Tietzman, Leopoldina Sequeira, Maria Claret Hadler, Maria do Rosario Peixoto, Pascoal Muniz, Marcia Vitolo, Pedro Lira & Patricia Jaime·European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety·2015
Objectives: To assess the effectiveness of home fortification with vitamins and minerals for the prevention of anemia and iron deficiency in infants younger than 1 year of age: a multi-center Brazilian study. Methods: A pragmatic controlled trial in the primary healthcare. A tota...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21033
Objectives: This paper discusses the role of academic institutions in ensuring sustainability of Iodine Deficiency Disorders (IDD) control Programme. Methods: A case study of six decade long (1956-2013) contribution of All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi in...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21108
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