Objectives: Homestead food production (HFP) programs aim to provide families with access to micronutrient-rich foods and increase dietary diversity for improved functional outcomes, while also empowering women. However, evidence is lacking globally of the impact of HFP on child g...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21149
Objectives: To evaluate the responsiveness of BS over one year to MVAS administered as per national program in rural India. Methods: Prospective community based follow-up of a cohort of 262 children with BS, aged between 1 and 5 years. Resolution or cure was defined if there was...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/20827
Objectives: Nigeria is third of 34 countries that contribute 90% of the global burden of stunting, and has the third highest numbers of wasted children. Prevailing evidence emphasizes the need for effective scale-up of interventions like micronutrient supplementation. This study...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21219
Objectives: To assess the progress made in vitamin A supplementation in Nigeria. To assess the challenges experienced and proffer solutions. Methods: The method used for this study involved the review of data collated from different reports from State monitors of the Maternal, ne...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/20829
Objectives: The main objective is to identify achievements, challenges and lessons learned in implementing large scale food fortification in Tanzania for the benefit of other countries attempting to initiate national mandatory fortification of staple foods Methods: Lessons learne...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21078
Objectives: To identify factors that contribute to team performance. Methods: Using tally sheets, teams were categorized in two: "acceptable performance" and "poor performance" and members of both teams were randomly selected and interviewed. Data were entered into Epi info, comp...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/20830
Objectives: In pulse and cereal-based agricultural communities, we compared the nutrition of mothers and children (<5y) through anthropometric and dietary assessment. Methods: A between-group design (Feb-July 2013) was applied in purposively selected pulse (Holagoba Kukie, Hal...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21221
Objectives: Iron deficiency anemia, zinc and Vitamin A deficiencies are serious public health problems in Cameroon. Traditional diets are usually poor in micronutrients The study aimed at determining the bioavailability of 3 provitamin A carotenoids (PACs) in young adult men, con...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/20831
Objectives: Twice-yearly child health days (CHDs) have had remarkable success reaching children twice-yearly with life-saving interventions, including vitamin A supplementation (VAS). In 2012, over 80% of targeted children in Sub-Saharan Africa received VAS according to tally-she...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21079
Objectives: Determining that dietary diversity can be used as indicator of micronutrient adequacy irrespective of season, we examined seasonal variations in dietary diversity, nutrient adequacy, and their association among Kenyan women (reproductive age). Methods: Repeated non-co...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/20832
Objectives: The passing of national fortification standards is a critical component to the success of any fortification program. Implementation of fortification within the centralized mill’s operations is relatively straightforward. However, when a majority of consumption of a st...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21222
Objectives: Iodine deficiency disorders are important public health problems in Ethiopia. The aim of this study was to measure prevalence and severity of iodine deficiency disorders among school children in Metekel zone. Methods: A cross-sectional school based descriptive study...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/20833
Objectives: AIM is a partnership of 20 organizations in Europe and Africa. It includes 7 projects that combine assurance of sufficient and affordable quality of food supply (‘push') with stimulation of demand for nutritious foods (‘pull'). AIM provides the opportunity to assess t...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21150
Objectives: Vitamin D deficiency is a public health problem world wide, even in countries with enough sunshine year round to promote adequate skin synthesis. There are few studies that look at vitamin D status in children living in sunny climates as it is assumed that they receiv...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/20834
Objectives: Wheat flour fortification is one of the such move towards control of micronutrient deficiency and was begin in 2002 with the tripartite agreement between Department of Food Technology and Quality control (DFTQC), Nepal, Flour Mills Association and Ministry of Health a...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21223