Kurt Burja

Rice Fortified with Iron in School Meals Improves Cognitive Performance in Cambodian School Children

Marion Fiorentino, Marlene Perignon, Khov Kuong, Kurt Burja, Kannitha Kong, Megan Parker, Jacques Berger & Frank Tammo Wieringa · European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety · 2015

Objectives: Nutritional status can have a large impact on schoolperformance in children, with micronutrient deficiencies affecting cognitive performance and school attendance through increased morbidity. The FORISCA-UltraRice+NutriRice Trial in Cambodia tested impact of multi-mic...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21082

What is the Right Indicator to Evaluate Impact of Interventions? Examples from a Rice Fortification Trial in Cambodia

Khov Kuong, Marion Fiorentino, Marlene Perignon, Chhoun Chamnan, Megan Parker, Kurt Burja, Kannitha Kong & Jacques Berger · European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety · 2015

Objectives: Large-scale programs often use proxy indicators for evaluation purposes but little is known on whether use of these indicators might lead to erroneous conclusions regarding impact of programs. In the FORISCA-UltraRice+NutriRice trial in Cambodia, fortified rice was in...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21077

Multi-micronutrient Fortified Rice Improved Vitamin A Status of Cambodian School Children

Marlene Perignon, Marion Fiorentino, Khov Kuong, Chhoun Chamnan, Megan Parker, Kurt Burja, Jacques Berger & Frank Tammo Wieringa · European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety · 2015

Objectives: In rice-consuming countries, multi-micronutrient fortified rice (MMFR) is a promising cost-effective strategy to control micronutrient deficiencies. The FORISCA project evaluated the impact of MMFR distributed through the WFP school meal program (SMP) on micronutrient...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21114