Hasmot Ali

Micronutrient Status during Pregnancy and Effects of Antenatal Supplementation with Multiple Micronutrients versus Iron-folic Acid in Rural Bangladesh

Kerry Schulze, Saijuddin Shaikh, Hasmot Ali, Abu Ahmed Shamim, Lee Wu, Alain Labrique, Rolf Klemm, Sucheta Mehra, Pongtorn Sungpuag, Emorn Wasantwisut, Parul Christian & Keith West · European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety · 2015

Objectives: Women often enter pregnancy with micronutrient deficiencies, exacerbated by demands of pregnancy. Yet, gestational micronutrient status is uncommonly assessed, even as momentum builds toward preventing multiple micronutrient (MM) deficiencies. We assessed micronutrien...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21300

Dietary Diversity is Low and Associated with Nutritional Status of Women in Early Pregnancy in Rural Bangladesh

Rolf Klemm, Abu Ahmed Shamim, Saijuddin Shaikh, Hasmot Ali, Kerry Schulze, Parul Christian, Alain Labrique & Keith West · European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety · 2015

Objectives: To evaluate the association between nutritional status and other risk factors with dietary diversity in the 1st trimester of pregnancy among women in rural Bangladesh. Methods: A cross-sectional analysis of data among women enrolled during the 1st trimester of pregnan...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/EJNFS/2015/20886

The Effect of Antenatal Multiple Micronutrient Supplementation on Placental Angiogenesis and Fetal Growth Factors in Rural Bangladesh

Alison D. Gernand, Kerry J. Schulze, Saijuddin Shaikh, Abu Ahmed Shamim, Hasmot Ali, Ashika Nanayakkara-Bird, Margia Arguello, Lee Wu, Keith P. West, Jr & Parul Christian · European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety · 2015

Objectives: Pathways by which micronutrients may influence birth size are not well understood. To elucidate these, we assessed markers of placental angiogenesis and fetal growth factors in a substudy of a community-based, double blinded, cluster-randomized trial of maternal multi...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21207