Aims: To document the relationships between child dietary diversity and acute malnutrition (wasting) in urban and rural Ghana, controlling for maternal, child and household socio-demographic characteristics. Study Design: Cross sectional survey Place and Duration of Study: Urban...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/10014
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
Stephen Vosti, Katherine Adams, Emmanuel Ayifah, Rosemonde Guissou, Thokozani Phiri, Per Ashorn, Anna Lartey, Ken Maleta, Jean Bosco Ouedraogo, Kathryn Dewey & Travis Lybbert·European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety·2015
Objectives: Households’ stated willingness-to-pay (WTP) for small-quantity lipid-based nutrient supplements (LNS) influence the economic viability of retail outlets for these products, and will guide public policy action when WTP falls short of LNS production/distribution costs. ...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21240
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