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...
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
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
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.
Abstract
Background:
For the optimal nutrition of children under 2 years of age, it is considered important that they be exclusively breastfed for the first 6 months before being given complementary food.
Aims and Objectives:
A cross-sectional nutritional baseline survey was undertaken in 2011 ...
Kuchenbecker, J.
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Jordan, I.
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Reinbott, A.
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Herrmann, J.
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Jeremias, T.
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Kennedy, G.
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Muehlhoff, E.
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Mtimuni, B.
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Krawinkel, M.B.
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[Exclusive breastfeeding and its effect on growth of Malawian infants: results from a cross-sectional study]
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Exclusive breastfeeding and its effect on growth of Malawian infants: results from a cross-sectional study
Grant, F.
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Cole, D.
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Sindi, K.
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Levin, C.
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Garrett, D.
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Kariuki, S.
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Ouédraogo, H.
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Loechl, C.
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Baingana, R.
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Oyunga, M.
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Low, J.W.
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[Prevalence of Vitamin A deficiency among infants in Western Kenya.]
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Prevalence of Vitamin A deficiency among infants in Western Kenya.
Glewwe, Paul
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King, Elizabeth M.
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[ The Impact of Early Childhood Nutritional Status on Cognitive Development : Does the Timing of Malnutrition Matter? ]