Nutrition Specific

Combating iodine deficiency: lessons from China, Indonesia, and Madagascar. This study investigated the factors contributing to a successful and sustainable elimination of iodine-deficiency disorders, drawing from salt fortification experiences in China, Indonesia, and Madagascar. Government officials, salt farmers, salt producers, and wholesalers were interviewed to collect data during field visits. Analyses used in the study […]

Breastfeeding in Botswana: practices, attitudes, patterns, and the socio-cultural factors affecting them. A cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted in four randomly selected districts of Botswana. Two study sites were chosen in each district. Four hundred households with children under 3 years old were enrolled into the study. A structured questionnaire was administered to mothers of […]

Intervention strategies for improving iron status of young children and adolescents in India. Despite advances in scientific knowledge regarding multiple etiology, treatment, and potential strategies for combating iron deficiency and deficiencies of other micronutrients, iron deficiency anemia, vitamin A deficiency, and iodine deficiency remain significant public health challenges for growing children and adolescents. The short-term […]

Prevention and control of iron deficiency: policy and strategy issues. Substantial efforts have been made in the past several decades to implement programs to reduce iron deficiency. Yet, compared with other micronutrients such as vitamin A and iodine, overall progress in reducing iron deficiency has been limited. Such limited progress is not attributed to a […]

Eradication of iron deficiency anemia through food fortification: the role of the private sector. Delivering iron fortified foods that provide meaningful levels of bioavailable iron without altering the accepted appearance and taste of the product presents multiple challenges. Issues relating to food technology, product formulation, acceptance and efficacy evaluation, marketing and quality control must all […]

Toward better compliance with iron-folic acid supplements: understanding the behavior of poor urban pregnant women through ethnographic decision models in Vadodara, India. This study made an attempt to develop ethnographic decision models to understand and improve iron-folic acid supplement procurement and compliance-related behaviors of poor urban pregnant women in Vadodara, India, based on data obtained […]

Promoting exclusive breastfeeding for 4-6 months in Honduras: attitudes of mothers and barriers to compliance. Prospective and retrospective data on maternal attitudes and obstacles to exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) were collected from Honduran mothers of low birthweight (1500-2500 g), term infants who were enrolled in an intervention study to compare infant outcomes in those who were […]

Supporting breastfeeding: a successful experience. This paper relates the success of a study that helped enhance breast-feeding by means of a support group in Southern Brazil. The International Multicenter Growth Reference Study was designed to help WHO develop new growth charts to measure nutritional status of populations and to evaluate individual growth. Southern Brazil was […]

The challenge of improving iron nutrition: limitations and potentials of major intervention approaches. Various approaches to improving iron status are discussed. Success in controlling iron deficiency worldwide will require the exploration and demonstration of all possible options. The approaches, which are not mutually exclusive, include iron supplementation, nutrition education, reducing intestinal parasites (particularly hookworm), expanding […]

Knowledge, attitude, practice, and prescribing pattern of oral rehydration therapy among private practitioners in Nigeria. To determine the knowledge, attitude, and practice of oral rehydration therapy (ORT) among private medical practitioners in Enugu, Nigeria, 91 doctors were interviewed using a structured questionnaire. All the doctors had heard of ORT and believed in its efficacy. The […]