May 19, 2020 Relevance of Assessment Methods for Fluid Intake Reliable data at population level are essential to firmly establish links between fluid intake, hydration and health, investigate dose-response relationships
May 19, 2020 Recommendations for Accelerating Global Action to Prevent Folic Acid – Preventable Birth Defects and Other Folate-Deficiency Diseases: Meeting of Experts on Preventing Folic Acid-Preventable Neural Tube Defects The following workshop summary provides the recommendations from knowledgeable scientists and policy experts to accelerate the global pace
May 19, 2020 Projection of population of stunted children under five years and anaemic women of reproductive age in thirteen low, upper and high income 100 million+ countries around the world up to 2050 This study estimated the percentage of reduction necessary in stunted children under five years and anaemic women to reach the World Health Assembly Resolution
May 19, 2020 Prevalence of thresholds for wasting, overweight and stunting in children under 5 years The WHO-UNICEF Technical Expert Advisory Group on Nutrition Monitoring re-examined the existing ranges of wasting and stunting developed in the 1990s
May 19, 2020 Production of Encapsulated Iron for Double Fortification of Salt with Iodine and Iron In theory, the combination of iodine and iron in salt can combat iodine deficiency disorders and iron deficiency anaemia, which together affect more than one-third of the world’s population.
Survey May 16, 2020 Prevalence of and factors associated with antenatal care seeking and adherence to recommended iron‐folic acid supplementation among pregnant women in Zinder, Niger The objectives of this study were to determine utilization of antenatal care (ANC) and adherence to recommended iron-folic acid (IFA) supplementation by pregnant women
May 16, 2020 Predictors of adherence to micronutrient supplementation before and during pregnancy in Vietnam The present study examines the predictors of adherence to weekly preconception and prenatal micronutrient supplements among 5,011 women of reproductive age in Vietnam.
May 16, 2020 Preconceptional Nutrition Interventions for Adolescent Girls and Adult Women: Global Guidelines and Gaps in Evidence and Policy with Emphasis on Micronutrients This article reviews the global picture of preconception nutrition in women and girls
Brief May 16, 2020 Policy Brief – Preventing neural tube defects in Ethiopia: Large-scale mandatory food fortification urgently needed Ethiopia faces a particularly high level of folate deficiency and folate insufficiency among women
May 16, 2020 Neither Preconceptional Weekly Multiple Micronutrient nor Iron-Folic Acid Supplements Affect Birth Size and Gestational Age Compared with a Folic Acid Supplement Alone in Rural Vietnamese Women: A Randomized Controlled Trial The present study aimed to evaluate whether preconception supplementation with weekly iron and folic acid (IFA) or multiple micronutrients (MMs) improves birth outcomes
