Objectives: To determine effect of weekly dose of MNP combining with nutritional communication on hemoglobin concentration and anthropomectric index of children aged 6-23 months. Methods: A randomized controlled trial was done: Control group (n=100) and intervention group (n=99)...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21232
Objectives: CLVs play an important role in prevention and treatment of diarrhoea. However, only a small proportion of the cases treated by these semi-literate CLVs are reported and fed into the Health Management Information Systems (HMIS). Micronutrient Initiative capacitated and...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/20962
Mary Arimond, Souheila Abbeddou, Seth Adu-Afarwuah, Ulla Ashorn, Kenneth Brown, Jaimie Hemsworth, Sonja Hess, Elizabeth Jimenez, Chiza Kumwenda, Anna Lartey, Harriet Okronipa, Jean-Bosco Ouédraogo, Stephen Vosti & Kathryn Dewey·European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety·2015
Objectives: Lipid-based nutrient supplements (LNS) are energy-dense and could change infant and young child feeding (IYCF) practices by changing caregiver perceptions of needs and/or child appetite and demand for breast milk and local complementary foods. We hypothesized that LNS...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21156
Objectives: The potential adverse impact of prenatal multiple micronutrient supplementation (MMN) versus iron-folic acid (IFA) on perinatal mortality is concerned. It has been speculated that MMN might survive frail fetuses to late pregnancy or early infancy, resulting in an incr...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/20963
Objectives: Malnutrition remains a public health problem in the Philippines, particularly among infants and young children and in time of disasters and calamities. The study aimed to develop and utilize locally available, affordable and culturally acceptable raw materials for the...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/20964
Objectives: To compare the effects of 3 different iron-containing supplements on 8-isoprostane-F2α, a subclinical indicator of oxidative stress, in pregnant women in Ghana. Methods: Pregnant women were randomly assigned to receive one of the following 3 interventions: Fe/FA: 60 m...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21233
Objectives: This study aimed to test the nutritional quality of white haricot bean-maize complementary food needing household food processing to decrease phytate content and enhance the bioavailability of iron and zinc. Methods: Community consultation was conducted with mothers t...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/20965
Frank Tammo Wieringa, Jutta Skau, Chhoun Chamnan, Henrik Friis, Marjoleine Amma Dijkhuizen, Jacques Berger, Kim Michaelsen & Nanna Roos·European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety·2015
Objectives: Malnutrition in early childhood predisposes to a higher risk for non-communicable diseases such as obesity and cardio-vascular diseases later in life through not fully understood metabolic alterations. Little is known about body composition in early childhood in relat...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21088
Objectives: National data on the prevalence of zinc deficiency in the Philippine is not available. Data on zinc status of Filipinos is important to design appropriate programs and policies for the improvement of nutrition and health status of Filipino population. This study aim...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/20966
Objectives: To investigate the effect of fish consumption on iodine and vitamin of Omani School Children. Methods: Omani school children aged 9 and 10 years were recruited from two schools in Muscat Governorate in Oman. The children were randomly divided in to fish and control g...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21234