Objectives: This study assessed vitamin D status by measuring plasma 25(OH)D concentrations in rural women in southern Ethiopia living in the Rift Valley at 7°3´ N latitude. Methods: Nonpregnant women (n = 202) living in three adjacent rural communities volunteered to participate...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21164
Objectives: To assess consumption of animal source foods (ASF) and cognitive performance in Ethiopian primary school children. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted in Hawassa town, Southern Ethiopia among primary school children (n=116) aged 7-9 and enrolled in five sch...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21317
Objectives: To assess salt iodine concentrations (SIC) and UIC after the national proclamation that all salt for human consumption should be iodized. Methods: Salt was collected from 193 rural households. SIC was analyzed with a portable digital electronic iodine checker (WYY, UN...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21161
Objectives: To determine iodine status and knowledge of iodine deficiency disorders (IDD) of pregnant women in rural Sidama, southern Ethiopia. Methods: A cross-sectional community-based study was conducted in three kebeles which were selected randomly from the eight kebeles in t...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/20866
Objectives: Effects of 20 mg Zn or placebo for 23 d on zinc transporter and metallothionein (MT) mRNA abundance, plasma zinc and zinc-related biomarkers were evaluated in apparently healthy women. Methods: Participants (n=48) were randomly selected from village lists of non-pregn...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21309
Objectives: Determine the prevalence and factors contributing to zinc deficiency in adolescent school girls from Tigray, Northern Ethiopia. Methods: Cross-sectional study was conducted in 413 randomly selected adolescent school girls. Anthropometric data were collected following...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/20968
Objectives: Determine the vitamin A status and serum carotenoid levels of adolescent school girls from Tigray, Northern Ethiopia. Methods: Serum samples separated from nonfasting venous blood were analyzed for retinol, α-carotene and β-carotene using reversed phase HPLC. The chro...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/20969
Objectives: To assess Se status of 54-60 month-old children in the Amhara region, Ethiopia Methods: Serum from 280 children from five zones of the Amhara regional state, Ethiopia, was analyzed by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS). Results: The mean serum Se co...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21143