Introduction
Hidden hunger, stunting, wasting, and underweight among preschool children as well as low body mass index (BMI) among women of reproductive age (WRA) are still common forms of undernutrition in developing countries, especially in rural communities where household food insecurity is a burden. The co-existence of undernutrition and overnutrition is a recent twist of the problem in...
Introduction.
Nutritional status in early childhood might predispose to a higher risk for non-communicable diseases through metabolic alterations which are not fully understood. Rapid growth during the first years of life and fat mass at 2 yrs of age are strong predictors for later obesity. High quality fortified complementary foods (FCF) play an important role in preventing childhood...
Background: Obesity and overweight along with the under-nutrition consider as main problem in low-income countries. Whereas deficiency in food intake has contributed to the under-nutrition problem, a lack of dietary diversity also has a demonstrated main role in increasing over-nutrition. Previous study demonstrated that deficiency in several nutrients may contribute to metabolic status and...
Introduction: The long-term benefits or consequences of implementing multiple vitamin A (VA) interventions in the same countries on VA status is currently unknown. Many countries are fortifying multiple foods with preformed VA during processing, including cooking oil, sugar, flour, and snacks.
Methods and Results: African countries now have stable retinol isotope dilution (RID) methods...
Introduction. Obesity is considered as a public health problem throughout the world. However, this is not exclusive of micro-nutrient deficiencies, including ID (Iodine deficiency), so that a number of countries have adopted universal salt iodization (USI) programs. Although these programs achieved some success in reducing ID, defaults in the process of salt iodization, were shown to increase...
