Saurabh Mehta

Relating Iron Intake to Iron Status and Cognitive Functioning, Results from a 6-month Efficacy Trial Involving Biofortified Pearl Millet in India

Samuel Scott, Laura Murray-Kolb, Michael Wenger, Saurabh Mehta, Julia Finkelstein, Shobha Udipi, Padmini Ghugre & Jere Haas · European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety · 2015

Objectives: Iron plays a key role in neurophysiology and iron deficiency, a highly prevalent issue worldwide, has been related to impaired cognitive functioning (CF). The current work explores the potential of iron intervention, via pearl millet (PM), to improve the iron status a...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21310

Vitamin D Deficiency Increases the Risk of Stunting and Other Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes: Results from a Perinatal Cohort Study in Kenya

Eunice Toko, Odada Sumba, Fredrick Opinya, Paul Baresel, Arlene Dent, Julia Finkelstein, Rosemary Rochford & Saurabh Mehta · European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety · 2015

Objectives: Vitamin D may protect against adverse pregnancy outcomes. The prevalence of vitamin D deficiency in pregnant women in sub-Saharan Africa has not been extensively studied and no studies have examined vitamin D status at multiple time points during pregnancy and their a...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21292