Objectives: The uptake of VAS for children 6-59 months in Kenya is low with only 30% receiving the recommended two doses of VAS yearly. The KAP survey was done to determine socio-cultural enablers and barriers of coverage and uptake of two dose VAS and thus inform the design of r...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21113
Objectives: Anemia is a worldwide health problem in children, particularly in developing countries; we stress the importance of recognizing its multifactorial etiology for developing effective control programmes. This is the first study in Honduras related with prevalence and eti...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21051
Objectives: Antenatal clinics (ANCs) are critical for improving maternal nutrition and health knowledge. The Mama SASHA project in western Kenya delivers an orange flesh sweet potato intervention (OFSP) through ANC to improve the vitamin A status of women and children less than 2...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21274
Objectives: Undernutrition has received significant attention at global and national levels in recent years but translating this attention into effective action at the country and district levels poses many challenges. We describe the observed national environments that support a...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21059
Objectives: According to the Ethiopia Demographic and Health Survey 2011, the proportion of households using iodized salt (>15 parts per million [PPM]) was 15.4%. The 2014 Ethiopia National Micronutrient Survey (ENMS) will estimate the national and regional proportions of hous...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21275
Objectives: Formulation of complementary diet for young children (from broadbean, maize and berly) and determine its nutrient value and acceptability. Methods: Randemized controled trial was used to prepare samples for processing and analysis. Laboratory based study was conducted...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21060
Marlene Perignon, Marion Fiorentino, Khov Kuong, Chhoun Chamnan, Megan Parker, Kurt Burja, Jacques Berger & Frank Tammo Wieringa·European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety·2015
Objectives: In rice-consuming countries, multi-micronutrient fortified rice (MMFR) is a promising cost-effective strategy to control micronutrient deficiencies. The FORISCA project evaluated the impact of MMFR distributed through the WFP school meal program (SMP) on micronutrient...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21114
Objectives: Assess the prevalence of goitre among school-age children in Jimma town, south west Ethiopia. Methods: A two-stage cluster design was used to select schools and classrooms based on proportion-to-population-size. Systematic random sampling technique was used to select...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21135
Objectives: According to Ethiopia Demographic and Health Survey 2011, the prevalence of anemia among children age 6-59 months and women of reproductive age is 44.2% and 16.6% respectively. The 2014 Ethiopia National Micronutrient Survey will provide national and regional estimate...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21276
Objectives: Iodine deficiency disorders have been a prevailing problem in Nepal. With the objective to improve household use of adequately iodized salt, Nepal Government endorsed a strategy to promote adequately iodized salt with two child logo in poor performing districts of Nep...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21061
Objectives: In Bangladesh a large population, especially adolescent girls are vulnerable to Iron deficiency anemia (IDA). Around 3.9 million adolescent girls are affected by IDA. Thus, Eminence in collaboration with Micronutrient Initiative (MI) had oiloted a project in rural con...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21115
Objectives: Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is affected by a double burden of malnutrition: While vitamin A deficiency (VAD) still prevails, type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM2) and hypertension (HTN) are emerging. Serum retinol, retinol binding protein-4 (RBP4), transthyretin (TTR) and their...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21136
Valeria Galetti, Diego Moretti, Evariste CS Mitchikpè, Prosper Kujinga, Félicien Tossou, Joseph D Hounhouigan & Michael B. Zimmermann·European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety·2015
Objectives: Zinc bioavailability from foods is limited due to the presence of absorption inhibitors. Water as a vehicle for zinc could be effective in improving zinc status. LifeStraw®Family (LSF) is a water filtration device that fortifies water with zinc. We assessed the absorp...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21169
Objectives: The state of Bihar historically has reported a high prevalence of vitamin A deficiency. Yet, in 2006 only 26% of preschool children were receiving vitamin A supplements (VAS) bi-annually. This presentation reviews the innovative strategy implemented by the Government...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21062
Objectives: Better methods are needed to assess vitamin A (VA) status and the efficiency of bioconversion of β-carotene (BC) to retinol (ROH). Methods: Data on plasma ROH kinetics from 2 h to 14 d after an oral tracer dose of [13C10]BC and [13C10]retinyl acetate (RAc) to 33 hea...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21277