Severely inadequate micronutrient intake among children 9 –24 months in Nepal—The MAL‐ED birth cohort study
Abstract
Prevalence of micronutrient deficiencies is high among infants and children in low‐ and middle income countries, but knowledge about nutrient adequacy across the complementary feeding period is limited. We investigated probability of adequacy (PA) of breast milk and complementary food combined and nutrient density adequacy (NDA) of complementary food and tracking of NDA over time among 229 children from 9–24 months of age in Bhaktapur, Nepal. Monthly, 24 h dietary recalls (16 in total) were performed and subgrouped into four 4‐month time periods. Ten micronutrients (thiamin, riboflavin, niacin, vitamin B6, ...
Source: Maternal and Child Nutrition - October 1, 2017 Category: Nutrition Authors: Marianne S. Morseth, Liv Elin Torheim, Ram K. Chandyo, Manjeswori Ulak, Sanjaya K. Shrestha, Binob Shrestha, Are Hugo Pripp, Sigrun Henjum Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research
Exploring barriers and enablers for scaling up a community ‐based grain bank intervention for improved infant and young child feeding in Ethiopia: A qualitative process evaluation
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Child malnutrition remains high in Ethiopia, and inadequate complementary feeding is a contributing factor. In this context, a community‐based intervention was designed to provide locally made complementary food for children 6–23 months, using a bartering system, in four Ethiopian regions. After a pilot phase, the intervention was scaled up from 8 to 180 localities. We conducted a process evaluation to determine enablers and barriers for the scaling up of this intervention. Eight study sites were selected to perform 52 key informant interviews and 31 focus group discussions with purposely selected informants....
Source: Maternal and Child Nutrition - October 1, 2017 Category: Nutrition Authors: Binta Sako, Joanne N. Leerlooijer, Azeb Lelisa, Abebe Hailemariam, Inge D. Brouwer, Amal Tucker Brown, Saskia J. M. Osendarp Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research
Factors associated with the introduction of complementary feeding in the French ELFE cohort study
The objectives of this study were to estimate the age of complementary feeding introduction (CFI) and investigate the related health, demographic, and socio‐economic factors.
Analyses were based on 10,931 infants from the French national birth cohort ELFE, born in 2011. Health, demographic, and socio‐economic data concerning infants and parents were collected at birth (face‐to‐face interviews and medical records) and 2 months (telephone interviews). Data on milk feeding and CFI practices were collected at birth and 2 months then monthly from 3 to 10 months using online or paper questionnaires. The associations b...
Source: Maternal and Child Nutrition - October 1, 2017 Category: Nutrition Authors: Marie Bournez, El éa Ksiazek, Sandra Wagner, Claire Kersuzan, Christine Tichit, Séverine Gojard, Xavier Thierry, Marie‐Aline Charles, Sandrine Lioret, Blandine Lauzon‐Guillain, Sophie Nicklaus Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research
Caesarean delivery and anaemia risk in children in 45 low ‐ and middle‐income countries
In conclusion, there was no evidence for an association between CD and anaemia in children younger than 5 years in low‐ and middle‐income countries. Our conclusions were consistent when we looked at only countries with CD rate >15% with data stratified by individual‐level wealth status and type of health facility of birth. (Source: Maternal and Child Nutrition)
Source: Maternal and Child Nutrition - October 1, 2017 Category: Nutrition Authors: Calistus Wilunda, Satomi Yoshida, Marta Blangiardo, Ana Pilar Betran, Shiro Tanaka, Koji Kawakami Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research
Babies in boxes and the missing links on safe sleep: Human evolution and cultural revolution
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Concerns about bedsharing as a risk for sudden infant death syndrome and other forms of sleep‐associated infant death have gained prominence as a public health issue. Cardboard “baby boxes” are increasingly promoted to prevent infant death through separate sleep, despite no proof of efficacy. However, baby boxes disrupt “breastsleeping” (breastfeeding with co‐sleeping) and may undermine breastfeeding. Recommendations enforcing separate sleep are based on 20th century Euro‐American social norms for solitary infant sleep and scheduled feedings via bottles of cow's milk‐based formula, in contrast to b...
Source: Maternal and Child Nutrition - October 1, 2017 Category: Nutrition Authors: Melissa Bartick, Cec ília Tomori, Helen L. Ball Tags: COMMENTARY Source Type: research
