Objectives: 93.4% of children aged 6-59 months old have malaria in Sikasso, Mali, and 83.5% have anemia. Our qualitative research sought to inform the home fortification with micronutrient powders (MNP) component of a malaria and anemia prevention project with seasonal malaria ch...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/20994
Objectives: To estimate the micronutrient availability and adequacy of the food supply of Bangladesh and estimate the additional agricultural output needed to achieve nutrient adequacy. Methods: We estimated micronutrient availability of the food supply using an average of 5 year...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21247
Objectives: Home fortification is an innovative way to improve the diet with essential nutrients for targeted vulnerable groups who have higher requirements or do not benefit from other micronutrient interventions. As a relatively new program, there is a tremendous need for techn...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/20995
Objectives: The aim of this study was to determine the zinc content of some infants and young children foods and supplementations available in supermarkets and pharmacies. Methods: 1.0 g of food samples were digested by wet ashing method and the content of zinc in the infant food...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21248
Nilupa Gunaratna, Honorati Masanja, Sigilbert Mrema, Francis Levira, Donna Spiegelman, Ellen Hertzmark, Naomi Saronga, Kahema Irema, Mary Shuma, Ester Elisaria & Wafaie Fawzi·European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety·2015
Objectives: Women's nutritional status during conception and early pregnancy can influence maternal and infant outcomes. This study examined the efficacy of pre-pregnancy supplementation with iron and multivitamins to reduce anemia prevalence during the periconceptional period am...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/20996
Objectives: The Scaling-Up-Nutrition movement recognizes the importance of multi-stakeholder partnerships to deliver high-impact nutrition interventions. A private-public partnership in Lao PDR - supported by MMG Limited and involving the Ministry of Health (MoH), UNICEF, Populat...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21098
Objectives: Diarrhea is a key public health challenge in Kenya with a prevalence of 17% and contributes to 21% of underfive child deaths. Whereas effective treatment is available, its uptake is very low with 39% and less than 1% receiving ORS and Zinc respectively. Current diarrh...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/20997
Sun Eun Lee, Keith P. West, Jr., Robert N Cole, Ingo Ruczinski, Kerry Schulze, Lee Wu, James D. Yager, John Groopman & Parul Christian·European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety·2015
Objectives: Antenatal micronutrient interventions may influence maternal and offspring health in chronically undernourished settings; however, molecular mechanisms remain largely unexplored. We examined effects of multiple combinations of antenatal micronutrients as supplements o...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21249
Objectives: This pilot study preceding an efficacy trial in a peri-urban South African community aimed to: 1) Evaluate the acceptability of two newly developed lipid-based multi-nutrient supplements (LNS) containing micronutrients, essential fatty acids (EFAs) with docosahexaenoi...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/20998
Objectives: The ICCIDD/GN Iodine Task Force was established in response to changing environment and program maturity of salt iodization programs worldwide. It aims to improve the evidence and thus the quality and effectiveness of iodine nutrition programs to help update program g...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21214
Martin N. Mwangi, Johanna M. Roth, Menno Smit, Laura Trijsburg, Alice Mwangi, Ayşe Y. Demir, Petra Mens, Andrew M. Prentice, Pauline E. A. Andang’o & Hans Verhoef·European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety·2015
Objectives: Whereas coverage of antenatal iron supplementation is low and benefits are uncertain, there are concerns that it can increase the burden of malaria, with potentially devastating effects on maternal and neonatal health outcomes. We aimed to measure the effect of iron s...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/20999
Objectives: Beans, Phaseolus vulgaris L., is an important dietary source for micro-minerals. The study objective was to determine retention of micro-minerals and degradation of anti-nutrients during traditional Rwandan bean cooking process. Methods: Four batches of carioca bean v...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21250
Objectives: To determine the associated factors for childhood vitamin A supplementation and its association with childhood illness in Ethiopia. Methods: A secondary data analysis was made from Ethiopia Demographic Health Survey (EDHS) 2011. A total of 10,631 children of age 6-59...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21000
Objectives: To evaluate the relationship between plasma zinc concentrations (PZC) and clinical signs of zinc deficiency, and to determine a cut-off for PZC below which individuals would have an increased likelihood of having clinical signs associated with zinc deficiency. Methods...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21215
Objectives: To identify likely micronutrient deficits in the available national food supply per capita for Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Madagascar, Malawi and Sierra Leone. Methods: Micronutrient densities in the daily available food supply per capita were calculated from the micronut...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21001