Dark green leafy vegetables (DGLVs) are considered as important sources of iron and vitamin A. However, iron concentration may not indicate bioaccessibility. The objectives of this study were to compare the nutrient content and iron bioaccessibility of five sweet potato cultivars, including three...
Amagloh, F.K.
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Atuna, R.A.
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McBride, R.
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Carey, E.E.
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Christides, T.
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[Nutrient and total polyphenol contents of dark green leafy vegetables, and estimation of their iron bioaccessibility using the In Vitro digestion/Caco-2 cell model]
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Nutrient and total polyphenol contents of dark green leafy vegetables, and estimation of their iron bioaccessibility using the In Vitro digestion/Caco-2 cell model
The banana-based farming system of Kagera region of Tanzania has good edible food diversity. However, households still consume monotonous diets, which are mainly energy dense and have inadequate content of micronutrients. To enrich the preferred energy-rich diets, this study formulated dishes wit...
Mbela, D.E.N.
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Kinabo, J.
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Mwanri, A.W.
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Ekesa, B.
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[Modification of local diets to improve vitamin A, iron and protein contents for children aged 6 to 23 months in Kagera,Tanzania]
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Modification of local diets to improve vitamin A, iron and protein contents for children aged 6 to 23 months in Kagera,Tanzania
Improving infant and young child feeding is an effective intervention to improve child growth. A cross-sectional study followed by observation of selected households was used to establish the most popular foods given to children 12–59 months old in Bukoba and Kiboga districts of Tanzania and Ugan...
Ekesa, B.
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Nabuuma, D.
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Kennedy, G.
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[Content of iron and vitamin A in common foods given to children 12–59 months old from North Western Tanzania and Central Uganda]
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Content of iron and vitamin A in common foods given to children 12–59 months old from North Western Tanzania and Central Uganda
Malnutrition, particularly vitamin A deficiency, is a major public health problem in many developing countries. This study investigated whether priming or self-generation of goals, or whether attention to instrumental or experiential goals together with use of a reminder condition or not, promote...
Lagerkvist, C.J.
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Okello, J.J.
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Adekambi, S.
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Kwikiriza, N.
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Abidin, P.E.
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Carey, E.E.
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[Goal-setting and volitional behavioural change: Results from a school meals intervention with vitamin-A biofortified sweetpotato in Nigeria]
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Goal-setting and volitional behavioural change: Results from a school meals intervention with vitamin-A biofortified sweetpotato in Nigeria
The introduction of orange sweet potato (OSP), rich in vitamin A, can have important and lasting impacts on reducing vitamin A deficiency among smallholder farmers in the developing world. In this paper, we describe the evolution of evidence about the effectiveness of disseminating OSP to smallho...
Brauw, A.
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Gilligan, D.O.
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Low, J.W.
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[Introducing orange sweet potato: Tracing the evolution of evidence on its effectiveness]
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Introducing orange sweet potato: Tracing the evolution of evidence on its effectiveness
Consumption of Orange‐Fleshed sweetpotato (OFSP) and products as source of provitamin A is being promoted to tackle vitamin A deficiency (VAD) in sub‐Saharan Africa. However, limited information is available on β‐carotene retention in foods and delivery after digestion. The study assessed caroten...
Chilungo, S.
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Muzhingi, T.
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Truong, V.D.
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Allen, J.C.
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[Effect of processing and oil type on carotene bioaccessibility in traditional foods prepared with flour and puree from orange-fleshed sweetpotatoes.]
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Effect of processing and oil type on carotene bioaccessibility in traditional foods prepared with flour and puree from orange-fleshed sweetpotatoes.
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
Mothers’ vitamin A (VA) status during pregnancy and lactation determine infants’ VA levels. We estimated VA status during pregnancy and assessed its determinants using data on 505 pregnant women attending first antenatal care visit in Western Kenya. VA and iron status were assessed using plasma r...
Akelo, V.
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Grant, F.
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Okuku, H.S.
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Wanjala, R.
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Low, J.W.
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Cole, D.
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Levin, C.
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Girard, Amy W.
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[Determinants of vitamin A status among pregnant women participating in the Mama SASHA Cohort Study of Vitamin A in Western Kenya: preliminary findings.]
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Determinants of vitamin A status among pregnant women participating in the Mama SASHA Cohort Study of Vitamin A in Western Kenya: preliminary findings.
Different drying treatments, cross flow, greenhouse solar, and open-air sun, were applied
to an American orange-fleshed sweetpotato variety. Trans-?-carotene losses in flour made from
dried chips varied between 16 and 34% in all treatments. Hot air cross flow drying retained
significantly more pr...
Bechoff, Aurélie
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Dufour, D.L.
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Dhuique-Mayer, Claudie
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Marouze, C
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Reynes, M
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Westby, Andrew
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[Effect of hot air, solar and sun drying treatments on protavitamin A retention in orange-fleshed sweetpotato]
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Effect of hot air, solar and sun drying treatments on protavitamin A retention in orange-fleshed sweetpotato
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.