Objectives: The Program Assessment Guide (PAG) is a 44 page 9 module workshop facilitation guide developed as "a tool to strengthen the design and implementation of large-scale nutrition programs." It has been used to guide workshops for this purpose in Kyrgyzstan, Bolivia, Tanz...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21073
Objectives: To report on a post 21-year program implementation progress towards elimination of iodine deficiency as a public health problem in Zimbabwe. Methods: A national goiter survey done in Zimbabwe 1988 indicated the existence of iodine deficiency disorders as a severe publ...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21145
Objectives: Household food insecurity and under-nutrition are prevalent in Cambodia where there is a lack of dietary diversity and reliance on rice. To address these issues, HKI has implemented HFP to increase the availability and consumption of micronutrient-rich foods. We are c...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21074
Objectives: The objective of this study was to rigorously assess the impact of improved dairy cow breeds adoption on the following outcome levels: (i) Enterprise—milk productivity, own-milk consumption and milk commercialization; (ii) Household—the number of meals household consu...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21146
Objectives: To evaluate the relationship between micronutrient status during infancy and middle childhood on cognition at middle childhood. Methods: A longitudinal study was conducted in apparent healthy children in the northeast of Thailand. Intelligence Quotient (IQ) was measur...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21075
Objectives: The overall goal is to reduce the prevalence of vitamin and mineral deficiencies including vitamin A, iron and zinc deficiencies. The project will continue its efforts to prevent the population from falling back into deficiency. Over the project, 4 type of fortified f...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21147
Objectives: The Ministry of Health in conjunction with several stakeholders conducted a nationally representative 24-hour dietary recall component of the Kenya National Micronutrient Survey (KNMS) to characterize the average intake and dietary pattern of women of reproductive age...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21076
Objectives: We investigated whether daily supplementation with low-dose B vitamins in healthy elderly improves Framingham risk score (FRS), a cardiovascular disease predictor. Methods: A double-blind randomized controlled trial was conducted in a rural area of North China during...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/20825
Objectives: Large-scale programs often use proxy indicators for evaluation purposes but little is known on whether use of these indicators might lead to erroneous conclusions regarding impact of programs. In the FORISCA-UltraRice+NutriRice trial in Cambodia, fortified rice was in...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21077
Objectives: Alarmingly, according to the Bangladesh Demographic & Health Surveys, there is an absolute decline of 24 per cent in VAS supplementation from 2007 to 2011. So, this study tries to explore the socio-demographic causes of receipt of Vitamin A in Bangladesh in 2007 a...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/20826