Aweke Kebede

Minimizing Bioavailability of Fluoride through Addition of Calcium-magnesium Citrate or a Calcium and Magnesium-containing Vegetable to the Diets of Growing Rats

Aweke Kebede, Nigussie Retta, Cherinet Abuye, Susan J. Whiting, Melkitu Kassaw, Tesfaye Zeru, Meseret Woldeyohannes & Marian K. Malde · International Journal of Biochemistry Research & Review · 2016

Introduction: Fluorosis is a public health problem in Ethiopia. Fluoride absorption may be decreased by dietary divalent cations which form insoluble complexes with the fluoride ion. Aim: This study aimed to assess the effect of dietary calcium-magnesium citrate or Moringa stenop...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/IJBCRR/2016/23693

Iodine Deficiency Disorders (IDD) in Burie and Womberma Districts, West Gojjam, Ethiopia

Aweke Kebede, Girmay Ayana, Adamu Belay & Cherinet Abuye · European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety · 2015

Objectives: To assess the magnitude and causes of goiter in West Gojjam, Amhara National Regional state, Ethiopia. Methods: The study was conducted in July 2010. The sample size was determined by assuming 50% prevalence of total goiter rate, 5% error, 95% confidence interval, des...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/EJNFS/2015/20892

Daily Dietary Intake of Zinc is positively Associated With Height-for-Age Z-score (Haz) among Ethiopian Children 6-35 Months of Age

Girmay Ayana, Sara Wuehler, Tibebu Moges, Aregash Samuel, Aweke Kebede, Dilnesaw Zerfu, Andinet Abera, Girma Mengistu, Birhanu Wodajo, Katherine A. Birks, Jalal Chowdhury & Amha Kebede · European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety · 2015

Objectives: In Ethiopia, 44% of children under five years-of-age are stunted (i.e., height-for-age (HAZ) below -2SD). This is considered a major public health concern by the Ethiopian Ministry of Health’s National Nutrition Plan. Future efforts to reduce stunting depend largely o...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/EJNFS/2015/20955

Examining Means of Reaching School and Non School Attending Adolescent Girls for Iron Supplementation in Tigray Region, Northern Ethiopia

Afework Mulugeta, Kiday H/Silassie, Masresha Tessema, Oumer Seid, Aweke Kebede & Gebremedhin Kidane · European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety · 2015

Objectives: To examine means of reaching school and non-school attending adolescent girls for iron supplementation in Tigray region. Methods: The study employed cross-sectional survey consisting of both quantitative and qualitative approaches. Stratified multi-stage systematic ra...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21020