May 2011 In an effort to extend the findings of a study in Nepal that reported a 44 percent decrease in maternal mortality resulting from vitamin A or beta carotene supplementation in pregnancy, researchers conducted […]
Date: Nov 22, 2011 | Category: Research highlights
March 2011 The authors of a paper published in a supplement to the Food and Nutrition Bulletinin March 2011 make a case for approaching agriculture as an ecological system serving human nutrition. They argue that the […]
Date: Nov 22, 2011 | Category: Research highlights
July 2011 Results of a community-based cluster-randomized trial, published in The Lancet in July 2011, demonstrated the impact of peer counseling and support on exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) and diarrhea prevalence in Burkina Faso, Uganda, and South Africa. […]
Date: Nov 22, 2011 | Category: Research highlights
April 2011 A mother’s nutritional status prior to pregnancy and her nutrition during pregnancy can result in intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR), which is associated with poorer cognitive development during childhood and increased risk of cardiovascular, […]
Date: Nov 22, 2011 | Category: Research highlights
April 2011 A recent special supplement of Maternal and Child Nutrition published in April 2011 is devoted to “Repositioning Children’s Right to Adequate Nutrition in the Sahel” and contains situational analyses of infant and young […]
Date: Jul 5, 2011 | Category: Research highlights
February 2011 Current WHO/UNICEF diarrhea management guidelines include 10- to 14-day zinc treatment as an adjunct therapy during acute childhood diarrhea based on earlier trials showing substantial reductions in both the duration of the current […]
Date: Jul 5, 2011 | Category: Research highlights
March 2011 Responsive feeding (RF), or the interaction between caregiver and child during feeding, has become an important issue for scientific inquiry—and a component of nutrition programming—in response to studies showing an association between caregiver […]
Date: Jul 5, 2011 | Category: Research highlights
February 2011 Infants and young children are particularly vulnerable to iron and zinc deficiency, especially in low-resource settings where they are unreached by fortified products. Targeted use of micronutrient powders (MNP), which contain a variety […]
Date: Jul 5, 2011 | Category: Research highlights
October 2010 In the October 2010 issue of the Bulletin of the World Health Organization, researchers reported a reduction in episodes of diarrhea and acute lower respiratory infection (ALRI) as well as reduced hospitalizations among […]
Date: Mar 3, 2011 | Category: Research highlights
August 2010 Results from a study of an intervention that promoted improved infant diets with or without the introduction of a lipid-based nutrient supplement (LiNS) were published online in August 2010 in Maternal and Child […]
Date: Mar 3, 2011 | Category: Research highlights