Dilka Peiris

Factors Associated with the Micronutrient Consuming Pattern of Mothers and Children in a Remote Area of Sri Lanka

Dilka Peiris, Sumal Nandasena & Shivantha Mendis · European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety · 2015

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...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21035

Integration of Nutrition and Economic Development in Sri Lanka: The Graduation Model

Sisira Fernando & Dilka Peiris · European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety · 2015

Objectives: The Graduation Model identifies families where they are on the economic and nutrition scale to tailor interventions enabling graduation from one living standard segment to the next, as well as enabling improved growth failure and anaemia. Methods: Graduation Model has...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21175