Objectives: To assess the effect of three zinc supplementation strategies, provided with diarrhea and malaria treatment, on zinc, iron and vitamin A status. Methods: During a community-based, cluster-randomized, zinc supplementation trial, we collected venous blood at baseline an...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21009
Objectives: To help control vitamin A deficiency, Burkina Faso has established mandatory fortification of vegetable oil with vitamin A. The objective of this research is to evaluate the coverage of vitamin A fortified oil in the country. Methods: A cross-sectional, quantitative s...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21217
Objectives: Monitoring iodine content in iodized salt is necessary for program effectiveness. Iodometric titration is the most precise method but requires skills, facilities, and reagents. The WYD Iodine Checker® and Bioanalyt iCheck® are quantitative, but are expensive, require...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21010
Objectives: · To find achievements and gaps in the existing policy, program and practices in reference to Infant and Young Child Feeding in Ethiopia. · To build a consensus among all partners on the way forward to improve the existing IYCF practice. Methods: National publi...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21255
Becky Tsang, Amy Cordero, Claire Marchetta, Joseph Mulinare, Patricia Mersereau, Jing Guo, Yan Ping Qi, R. J. Berry, Jorge Rosenthal & Krista Crider·European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety·2015
Objectives: The methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) 677C->T polymorphism is a risk factor for neural tube birth defects (NTDs). The T allele produces an enzyme with reduced folate processing capacity, which has been shown to produce lower blood folate concentrations in...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21011
Objectives: Evaluation of iron absorption from iron fortified wheat flour at fortification levels below international recommendations (10 ppm) in presence of different EDTA levels to improve iron absorption. Methods: Two iron absorption studies from chapatti based, vegetarian me...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21102
Objectives: Micronutrient deficiency can have serious health and economic implications. Food fortification with micronutrients is a main strategy countries can use to address population-wide deficiency. The objective was to compare different risk-benefit models that can be used t...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21012
Objectives: To assess micronutritional status of vit.A, iron, and zinc of Yemeni pregnant women and their newborns and its relation the outcome of pregnancy. Methods: Its a descriptive cross sectional study carried at AL -Sabeen material hospital in Sana' a. It included 184 subje...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21256
Vandana Joshi, Anirudha Kulkarni, Neelam Bhatnagar, Sandip Ghosh, Pushpendra Kumar Dixit, Ved Prakash Gautam, Tulika Goswami Mahanta, Vani Sethi, Jeroo Master & Victor M. Aguayo·European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety·2015
Objectives: To generate evidence on engaging girls' collectives to address anemia and social norms in self-contained, privately-managed tea plantations in India. Methods: In 2006, UNICEF India partnered with a federation of tea companies in Assam's Dibrugarh district, and Twinnin...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21013
Objectives: This study was conducted with the aim of assessing the dietary pattern and nutrient intake of in-school adolescents in Bwari Area Council, Abuja-Nigeria. Methods: A cross-sectional study involving 133 in-school adolescents aged 13-19 years was carried out using FAOs d...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21257
Objectives: WHO recommends using information on dietary intakes to design food fortification programs, but nationally-representative, individual dietary data are rarely available in low-income countries. Prior to initiating a fortification program in Cameroon, we assessed intakes...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21014
Objectives: Biofortification is a fast emerging agricultural technology and nutrition strategy for addressing hidden hunger. The impact and cost-effectiveness of biofortified provitamin A maize (VAM) in Zambia and high zinc rice (HZR) in Bangladesh were examined. Methods: In eac...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21218
Introduction: Home-based fortification of complementary food with micronutrient powders (MNPs) has been proven to reduce anemia. In resource constrained contexts - like Madagascar - where child diet is of poor quality and anemia levels high, the challenge lies in finding viable a...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21015
Objectives: Besides understanding the genetic determinants of iron status, investigations on how these interact with environmental factors to influence iron status are crucial. The objective of our study was to determine interaction between single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs)...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21103
Objectives: Hypertension is public health problem worldwide and the trends of prevalence have increased in economically developing countries. Reducing dietary sodium is one of the main recommendations to treatment hypertension. Restriction of salt consumption could cause a reduct...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21016