Nutrition insecurity among urban poor in modernizing Asian metropolises is a critical issue. It is well recognized that in urban Asia the poor are food insecure. Across Asia the food retail environment is transforming rapidly, in which supermarkets increasingly replace traditional food vending, l...
Trijsburg, L.
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Talsma, E.F.
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de Vries, J.H.M.
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Kennedy, G.
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Kuijsten, A.
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Brouwer, Inge D.
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[Diet quality indices for research in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review]
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Diet quality indices for research in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review
Assessing progress towards healthier people, farms and landscapes through nutrition-sensitive agriculture (NSA) requires transdisciplinary methods with robust models and metrics. Farm-household models could facilitate disentangling the complex agriculture-nutrition nexus, by jointly assessing per...
Estrada Carmona, Natalia
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Raneri, Jessica E.
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Álvarez, S.
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Timler, Carl J.
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Abe Chatterjee, S.
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Ditzler, L.
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Kennedy, G.
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Remans, R.
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Brouwer, Inge D.
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Borgonjen-van den Berg, Karin J.
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Talsma, E.F.
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Groot, Jeroen C.J.
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[A model-based exploration of farm-household livelihood and nutrition indicators to guide nutrition-sensitive agriculture interventions]
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A model-based exploration of farm-household livelihood and nutrition indicators to guide nutrition-sensitive agriculture interventions
Background: Whereas conventional white cassava roots are devoid of provitamin A, biofortified yellow varieties are naturally rich in b-carotene, the primary provitamin A carotenoid.
Objective: We assessed the effect of consuming yellow cassava on serum retinol concentration in Kenyan schoolchild...
Talsma, E.F.
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Brouwer, Inge D.
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Verhoef, H.
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Mbera, G.N.
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Nwangi, A.M.
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Demir, Ayse Y.
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Maziya-Dixon, B.B.
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Boy, Erick
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Zimmermann, Michael B.
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Melse-Boonstra, Alida
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[Biofortified yellow cassava and vitamin A status of Kenyan children: a randomized controlled trial]
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Biofortified yellow cassava and vitamin A status of Kenyan children: a randomized controlled trial