Objectives: Mandatory wheat flour fortification with iron, zinc, thiamine, riboflavin, and folic acid became effective in Indonesia in 2002. There are no evaluations of its effectiveness on reducing anemia. This study estimated the contribution of fortified wheat flour to changes...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/20904
Objectives: Ferritin is considered the most suitable indicator of low iron stores in population-based surveys. Ferritin is an acute-phase protein (APP) and studies find this can impact on its use and interpretation. This study explores the relationship between ferritin and other...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21330
Objectives: Weekly iron-folic acid supplementation (WIFS) and regular deworming for women of reproductive age (WRA) is an effective way of preventing anaemia and iron deficiency in a population but long-term sustainability is challenging. The objectives of this study were to: 1)...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/20905
Objectives: To ascertain whether iodized salt data from rapid test kits (RTK) could provide programmatic insight if using salt with any iodine (>0 parts per million (ppm) of iodine) to represent programme coverage and salt with >15 ppm of iodine to represent quality coverag...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21332
Objectives: Nutritional status of mothers in Ethiopia is currently a major public health concern. There are three key factors of maternal nutrition that could have an impact on human milk composition: Dietary intake, nutrient store, and alterations in nutrient utilization. The ai...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/20906
Objectives: Iodine Deficiency Disorder among Afghan pre-school children and child baring age women is a serious public health problem in Afghanistan. This study reviews the success, challenge and way forward of the Universal Salt Iodization program in the country from 2003. Metho...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21336
Rosalind S. Gibson, Anna A. Wawer, Rachel Hurst, Scott Young, Martin R. Broadley, Allan D. C. Chilimba, Louise Ander, Michael J. Watts, Benson Chilima, Jellita Gondwe, Dalitso Kang’ombe, Alexander Kalimbira, Susan J. Fairweather-Tait, Karl B. Bailey & Edwin W. P. Siyame·European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety·2015
Objectives: Soil-iron contaminant has the potential to contribute to total iron intakes, depending in part on food preparation practices, although whether contaminant iron joins the common non-heme iron pool and is available for absorption is uncertain. Therefore we compared diet...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/20907
Objectives: Many countries are struggling with the double burden of malnutrition. Iron deficiency is prevalent in overweight and obese (OW/OB) subjects, likely due to adiposity-related inflammation increased hepcidin and decreased iron absorption. Because hepcidin reduces iron ef...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21333
Objectives: Vitamin A and zinc are very important micronutrients for normal growth and development of a child. Vitamin A deficiency predisposes children to infectious diseases and poor growth. Zinc deficiency inhibits growth in children and reduces the child's ability to utilize...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/20908
Delan Devakumar, Jonathan Wells, Shiva Chaube, Naomi Saville, Dharma Manandhar, Anthony Costello, Jonathan Ayres, Janet Stocks & David Osrin·European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety·2015
Objectives: In low- and middle-income countries, prenatal multiple micronutrient supplementation has been shown in meta-analyses to increase birthweight and reduce the proportion of babies born small-for-gestational-age, but the longer term effects are unclear. We examined phenot...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21337