BACKGROUND: Lyophilized meat powder with iron-fortified wheat flour can be used to produce an infant porridge with bioavailable iron, but its acceptability and safety are unknown.
OBJECTIVE:
To evaluate the acceptability and safety of porridges containing lyophilized meat powder and iron-fortifie...
Malnutrition among children under 5 years is still a widespread problem in many developing countries. While consuming a variety of foods is important for meeting essential nutrient requirements, traditional diets fed to children in many developing countries are based predominantly on starchy stap...
Keding, G.B.
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Waswa, L.M.
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[Diversifying local diets: nutrition education for mothers/caregivers improved the diversity of complementary foods of children in Western Kenya]
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Diversifying local diets: nutrition education for mothers/caregivers improved the diversity of complementary foods of children in Western Kenya
Vitamin A deficiency (VAD) is widespread in sub‐Saharan Africa (SSA). Unlike in developed countries, where the main source of vitamin A comes from meat, the diet of poor populations in SSA is largely plant based. It is thus important to identify local / popular plants with higher vitamin A conten...
Blomme, Guy
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Ocimati, W.
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Nabuuma, D.
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Sivirihauma, C.
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Davey, M.
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Buah, S.
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Bergh, I. van den
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Vutseme, L.
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Bahati, L.
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Ekesa, B.
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[Pro-vitamin A carotenoid content of 48 plantain (Musa AAB genome) cultivars sourced from eastern Democratic Republic of Congo]
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Pro-vitamin A carotenoid content of 48 plantain (Musa AAB genome) cultivars sourced from eastern Democratic Republic of Congo
Pachón, Helena
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Liria Domínguez, MR
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Creed-Kanashiro, Hilary M.
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Glahn, Raymond P.
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Stoltzfus, RJ
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[An innovative approach to prevent iron deficiency in infants]
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An innovative approach to prevent iron deficiency in infants
Amarante, Verónica
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Colacce, Maira
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Manzi, Pilar
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Tenenbaum, Victoria
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Sistema Nacional de Cuidados para niños de 0 a 3 años, proyecciones de cobertura y costos
Background. Optimal feeding of infants and young children in developing countries includes daily feeding of animal-source foods.
Objective. To evaluate constraints on the availability of animal-source foods at the community level, access to animal-source foods at the household level, and intake ...
Pachón, Helena
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Simondon, KB
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Fall, ST
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Menon, P
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Ruel, MT
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Hotz, C
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Creed-Kanashiro, Hilary M.
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Arce, B.
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Liria Dominguez, MR
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Frongillo, E.A.
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Brown, D.L.
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[Constraints on the delivery of animal-source foods to infants and young children : Case studies from five countries]
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Constraints on the delivery of animal-source foods to infants and young children : Case studies from five countries
Cogill, B.
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Termote, C.
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Deptford, A.
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Muguro, S.
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Kimere, C.
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Grace, J.
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Mutangah, J.
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Mattei, F.
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Fanzo, J.C.
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[Role of wild, neglected and underutilized foods in reducing the cost of a diet in the eastern region of Baringo District, Kenya]
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Role of wild, neglected and underutilized foods in reducing the cost of a diet in the eastern region of Baringo District, Kenya
The 2013 Lancet Maternal and Child Nutrition series identified evaluations of nutrition-sensitive agricultural interventions as a research priority. The Mama SASHA study in Western Kenya links delivery of vitamin A (VA) rich orange-flesh sweet potato (OFSP) to antenatal care to improve VA and nut...
Girard, Amy W.
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Grant, F.
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Okuku, H.S.
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Akelo, V.
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Wanjala, R.
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Levin, C.
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Cole, D.
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Low, J.W.
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[Evaluating the effectiveness of a nutrition-sensitive agriculture intervention in Western Kenya: design of the Mama SASHA cohort study of vitamin A.]
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Evaluating the effectiveness of a nutrition-sensitive agriculture intervention in Western Kenya: design of the Mama SASHA cohort study of vitamin A.