Some 2 billion people suffer from hidden hunger caused by infections and
diets lacking in essential micronutrients such as vitamin A, iron, and zinc.
This is particularly the case in the developing world, where diets mainly
consist of starchy staples and not enough nutrient-rich foods such as fru...
Kennedy, G.
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Moursi, M.
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[Dietary diversity and biofortification: closer than you think]
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Dietary diversity and biofortification: closer than you think
Monotonous diets fail to meet human micronutrients' needs. Consequently, dietary diversity is crucial for vulnerable groups, in particular for women of reproductive age (WRA). Could the dietary diversity be measured and used as a simple population-level proxy indicator collected via large-scale s...
Martin-Prevel, Y.
,
Allemand, P.
,
Wiesmann, D.
,
Arimond, M.
,
Ballard, T.
,
Deitchler, M.
,
Dop, M.C.
,
Kennedy, G.
,
Lee, W.T.K.
,
Moursi, M.
,
[Moving forward on choosing a standard operational indicator of women’s dietary diversity]
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Moving forward on choosing a standard operational indicator of women’s dietary diversity
Background
As part of the HarvestPlus provitamin A-biofortified cassava program in Nigeria we con-
ducted a survey to determine the cassava intake and prevalence of vitamin A deficiency
among children 6-59 months and women of childbearing age in the state of Akwa Ibom.
Methods
A cluster-randomize...
Moura, Fabiana F. de
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Moursi, M.
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Lubowa, A.
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Ha, B.
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Boy, Erick
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Oguntona, B.
,
Maziya-Dixon, B.B.
,
[Cassava intake and vitamin A status among women and preschool children in Akwa-Ibom, Nigeria]
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Cassava intake and vitamin A status among women and preschool children in Akwa-Ibom, Nigeria
Background: Dietary diversity is a key element of diet quality but diets of women of reproductive age (WRA; 15-49 y) in resource-poor settings are often deficient in a range of micronutrients. Previous work demonstrated relationships between simple food group diversity indicators (FGI) and micron...
Martin-Prevel, Y.
,
Arimond, M.
,
Allemand, P.
,
Wiesmann, D.
,
Ballard, T.J.
,
Deitchler, M.
,
Dop, M.C.
,
Kennedy, G.
,
Lartey, A.
,
Lee, W.T.K.
,
Moursi, M.
,
[Development of a dichotomous indicator for population-level assessment of the dietary diversity of women of reproductive age]
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Development of a dichotomous indicator for population-level assessment of the dietary diversity of women of reproductive age
Hotz, C.
,
Loechl, C.
,
Brauw, Alan de
,
Eozenou, P.
,
Gilligan, D.
,
Moursi, M.
,
Munhaua, B.
,
Jaarsveld, P.J. van
,
Carriquiry, A.
,
Meenakshi, J.V.
,
[A large-scale intervention to introduce orange sweet potato in rural Mozambique increases vitamin A intakes among children and women.]
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A large-scale intervention to introduce orange sweet potato in rural Mozambique increases vitamin A intakes among children and women.