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...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/20886
Objectives: Supplementing newborns with vitamin A within 48 hours of birth has been shown to reduce infant mortality in Bangladesh, India and Indonesia. This study evaluated the feasibility of delivering vitamin A to newborns through existing maternal and child health services in...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21154
Swetha Manohar, Raman Shrestha, Ruchita Rajbhandary, Rolf Klemm, Devendra Gauchan, Ramesh Adhikari, Shibani Ghosh, Patrick Webb & Keith P. W. West Jr·European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety·2015
Objectives: Describe the prevalence of anemia in Nepali non-pregnant women of reproductive age by agroecological zone and potential risk factors. Methods: We randomly sampled 21 Village Development Committees, each with 3 wards, proportionate to size across the mountains, hills a...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21262
Objectives: To integrate tablet-based data collection tools with dietary data processing software for assessment of dietary intakes among children in rural Zambia. Methods: Dietary intakes of 4- to 8-year-old children in rural Zambia (n=1226) were collected by 24 hour recall inte...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21308
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...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21300
Maxwell A. Barffour, Kerry Schulze, Amanda Palmer, Justin Chileshe, Ng'andwe Kalungwana, Lee Wu, Christian Coles, Rolf Klemm, Margia Arguello, William Moss & Keith P. West Jr.·European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety·2015
Objectives: In the context of malaria and inflammation, the utility of ferritin and soluble transferring receptor (sTfR), as indicators of iron status may be compromised. In this study, we evaluated the effects of correcting for malaria and inflammation on the prevalence of iron...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21266