Background: Food fortification and micronutrient supplementation are public health strategies to improve micronutrient status in Guatemala; their population effectiveness has not been evaluated in recent years. Objective: We evaluated trends in food fortification, micronutrient supplementation,...
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Gosdin, L.; Addo, O. Y.; Palmieri, M.; Mesarina, K.; Mazariegos, D. I.; Martínez, C.; Santizo, M. C.; Guzmán, L.; Alfaro, Y.; Flores-Ayala, R.; Jefferds, M. E. D.
Publisher
Oxford University Press, Cary, USA
Citation
Current Developments in Nutrition, 2023, 7, 8,
Background: Stable isotope techniques using 13C to assess vitamin A (VA) dietary sources, absorption, and total body VA stores (TBSs) require determination of baseline 13C abundance. 13C-natural abundance is approximately 1.1% total carbon, but varies with foods consumed, supplements taken, and...
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Gannon, B. M.; Sombié, O. O.; Zeba, A. N.; Nama, G. M.; Bekele, T. H.; Meseret Woldeyohannes; Stuijvenberg, M. E. van; Dhansay, M. A.; Urio, E. M.; Kaliwile, C.; Chileshe, J.; Kalungwana, N.; Davis, C. R.; Grahn, M.; Tanumihardjo, S. A.
Publisher
Oxford University Press, Cary, USA
Citation
Journal of Nutrition, 2023, 153, 4, pp 949-957
Background: Analyses of predictors of anemia or malnutrition often pool national or regional data, which may hide variability at subnational levels. Objectives: We sought to identify the risk factors for anemia in young Nepali children aged 6-23 mo in 2 districts: Kapilvastu and Achham. Methods:...
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Locks, L. M.; Naveen Paudyal; Lundsgaard, S.; Thapa, L. B.; Nira Joshi; Mei LzuGuo; Whitehead, R. D., Jr.; Jefferds, M. E. D.
Publisher
Oxford University Press, Cary, USA
Citation
Current Developments in Nutrition, 2023, 7, 5,
Background: The digestion and absorption of ingested protein may be reduced in children with environmental enteric dysfunction (EED), reducing systemic amino acid availability for protein synthesis with resultant growth faltering. This has not been directly measured in children with EED and...
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Nirupama Shivakumar; Sindhu Kashyap; Farook Jahoor; Sarita Devi; Preston, T.; Tinku Thomas; Kurpad, A. V.
Publisher
Oxford University Press, Cary, USA
Citation
American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2023, 118, 1, pp 96-102
Vitamin A deficiency (VAD) is a major public health problem affecting people of all ages, particularly women of reproductive age and young children in the Global South. Nutrient-enriched (biofortified) orange-fleshed sweet potato (OFSP) has promising potential as a sustainable food vehicle to...
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Wangithi, C. M.; Nyangaresi, A. M.; Srinivasulu, R.; Moyo, M.; Muzhingi, T.; Kawarazuka, N.
Publisher
Frontiers Media S.A., Lausanne, Switzerland
Citation
Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2023, 7, May,
Dairy foods are crucial for adequate calcium intake in young children, but scarce data are available on the effects of formula milk on bone acquisition. This cluster-randomized controlled trial investigated the effects of the supplementation of formula milk on bone health in rural children...
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Li BangYan; Mahe JinLi; Hao JingYu; Ye WenHui; Bai XueFei; Feng HaoTian; Szeto, I. M. Y.; Jing LiPeng; Zhao ZiFu; Chen YuMing
Publisher
MDPI AG, Basel, Switzerland
Citation
Nutrients, 2023, 15, 8,
Background: The micronutrient home fortification programs contribute to the prevention of childhood anemia. WHO suggested applying culturally appropriate strategies to implement the micronutrient home fortification programs in various communities. However, there is little knowledge on...
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Ye RuiXue; Wu YuJu; Sun Chang; Wang QingZhi; Mao YuPing; Zhou Huan; Raat Hein
Publisher
BioMed Central Ltd, London, UK
Citation
BMC Public Health, 2023, 23, 889, pp (15 May 2023)
Background: The potential of market-based approach in distributing micronutrient powder (MNP) through volunteer frontline health workers has been recognized. BRAC, the largest non-government organization (NGO) in Bangladesh, uses Shasthya Shebikas as volunteer frontline health workers to sell MNP...
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Mahfuzur Rahman; Uddin, M. F.; Tahmeed Ahmed; Sarma, H.
Publisher
Public Library of Sciences (PLoS), San Francisco, USA
Citation
PLoS ONE, 2023, 18, 3,
Iron and zinc are important minerals in humans in sub Saharan Africa, whose deficiency is known as "hidden hunger" due to the lack of recognised symptoms in the early stages. Although iron deficiency is the most prevalent, zinc is also involved in inhibition of replication of viruses, including the ...
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Kataliko, R. K.; Mbahingana, G. K.; Muhongya, E. F.; Muyandula, J. M.; Ndaliko, T. M.; Wasukundi, M.; Kimani, P. M.; Ofori, K.
Publisher
African Crop Science Society, Kampala, Uganda
Citation
African Crop Science Journal, 2023, 31, 2, pp 133-149
Vitamin A deficiencies is a becoming persistent among young children and a growing concern to parents in sub-Saharan Africa, especially in crisis-affected areas. Fermented cereal paste from maize, millets, and sorghum grains are significant food for young children. Thus, the study focuses on food ...
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Olaniran, A. F.; Okonkwo, C. E.; Iranloye, Y. M.; Morakinyo, O. O.; Taiwo, A. E.; Erinle, O. C.; Bamidele, O. P.; Ojo, O. A.; Malomo, A. A.; Osemwegie, O. O.
Publisher
Sage Publications Ltd, London, UK
Citation
Nutrition and Metabolic Insights, 2023, 16, 11786388231155007,