Stanley Zlotkin

Practice-Based Implementation Research on the National Scale-Up of Micronutrient Powders in Bolivia

Stanley Zlotkin, Claudia Schauer, Kimberly B. Harding, Ali MacLean, Marion L. Roche & Oriana Vaccarino · European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety · 2015

Objectives: Bolivia is among few countries to have scaled-up Micronutrient Powders (MNPs) for children to the national level. Here we explore Bolivia’s experience as an early-adopter and in doing so, identify enabling conditions and stakeholders that led to scale-up, and barriers...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/EJNFS/2015/20949

Revised Codex Alimentarius Guidelines on Formulated Complementary Foods for Older Infants and Young Children - Better Formulations, Increased Fortification Levels and Smaller Serving Sizes to Protect Breastfeeding

Jonathan Siekmann, Jane Badham, Stanley Zlotkin, Anna Lartey, Zhenyu Yang & Dominic Schofield · European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety · 2015

Objectives: The Codex Alimentarius guidelines on formulated complementary foods for older infants and young children have important implications for maintaining nutritional status and health and preventing malnutrition. Governments and companies rely on these guidelines, yet they...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21030

Preference and Acceptability of Alternative Delivery Vehicles for Prenatal Calcium Supplementation among Pregnant Women in Urban Bangladesh

Jo-Anna Baxter, Daniel Roth, Abdullah Al Mahmud, Tahmeed Ahmed, Munirul Islam & Stanley Zlotkin · European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety · 2015

Objectives: Prenatal calcium supplementation is recommended by the WHO to decrease the risk of preeclampsia when dietary calcium intake is low; yet, this recommendation has not been successfully implemented to date. We aimed to evaluate the preference and acceptability of 4 diffe...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/EJNFS/2015/20860