Objectives: The academy of Science of South Africa commissioned a consensus study on improved nutritional assessment of micronutrients in the country. For iron the objectives were to, evaluate usefulness of available indicators for South Africa and other African countries facing...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21022
Purnima Menon, Namukolo Covic, Paige Harrigan, Susan E. Horton, Nabeeha Kazi, Sascha Lamstein, Lynette Neufeld, Erica Oakley & David L. Pelletier·European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety·2015
Objectives: Evidence-based solutions are available and there is global momentum for scaling up nutrition interventions. However, the impact of evidence-based interventions is limited by poor evidence on operational strategies for scaling up nutrition interventions. The objective...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21112
Objectives: This pilot study preceding an efficacy trial in a peri-urban South African community aimed to: 1) Evaluate the acceptability of two newly developed lipid-based multi-nutrient supplements (LNS) containing micronutrients, essential fatty acids (EFAs) with docosahexaenoi...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/20998