Objectives: Surveys in 2002-05 indicated that the prevalence of severe forms of vitamin A deficiency in India was three-fold higher among children from schedule tribe (ST) households than among non-tribal children. Scheduled tribes constitute about 24% of the total population of...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21067
Ana Cecilia Fernandez-Gaxiola, Armando Garcia-Guerra, Lynnette M. Neufeld, Amado D. Quezada-Sanchez, Amira Hernandez-Cabrera, Anabelle Bonvecchio, Ana Lilia Lozada & Juan Rivera·European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety·2015
Objectives: To assess changes in physicians' and nurses nutrition knowledge and perceptions from EsIAN. EsIAN was developed to attend to the nutritional needs of Oportunidades beneficiary families. Oportunidades is the Mexican conditional cash transfer program. In Mexico, appropr...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21141
Objectives: To quantify the amount of vitamins and minerals contained in Guatemala´s New Basic Food Basket (BFB) to determine adherence to the Recommended nutrient intake (RNI). Methods: Micronutrients that are deficient in the population were analyze (Vitamin A, Thiamin, Ribofla...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21068
Objectives: Micronutrients deficiencies are serious public health problems in Tanzania. Home fortification with micronutrient powder (MNP) has been introduced in eight food-insecure districts of Tanzania as a complementary intervention by the "Tuboreshe Chakula Project," to impro...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21142
Objectives: Many South Africans do not consume enough fruit and vegetables. However, people are generally aware of the benefits of adequate consumption. To understand this gap between knowledge and practice, this study investigated underlying factors influencing consumption throu...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21069
Objectives: Vitamin A deficiency (VAD) in infancy remains an important health problem. Post-partum maternal high-dose vitamin A supplementation (MHDVAS) was recommended but recently cancelled by WHO as efficacy was unclear. We investigated effects of inflammation and timing of MH...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21070
Objectives: To assess Se status of 54-60 month-old children in the Amhara region, Ethiopia Methods: Serum from 280 children from five zones of the Amhara regional state, Ethiopia, was analyzed by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS). Results: The mean serum Se co...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21143
Objectives: We aimed to assess knowledge, attitudes and practices (KAP) of iron and folic acid (IFA) supplementation among pregnant women and health staff in rural Niger. Methods: KAP were assessed in 4 randomly selected villages in the Zinder region of Niger as part of a formati...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21071
Objectives: The objective of this study was to evaluate the potential of MIR to predict micronutrient status while reanalyzing archived soil (n=1649) samples after long-term storage (40 years). Methods: The infrared spectra of the samples collected from 30 countries from across t...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21072
Fama Kondo, Traore Doufain, Lazare Coulibaly, Zana Berthe, Fatoumata DIALLO, Marie Diakite, M’Bo Awa, Abdramane Maiga, Leigh Jaschke & Houleymata Diarra·European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety·2015
Objectives: Since 2003, the Malian Ministry of Health (MoH) and its partners have adopted and scaled up a national program to deliver Vitamin A Supplementation (VAS) to children 6-59 months and post-partum women. The programme has achieved consistently high coverage of over 90%,...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21144