Food-based dietary guidelines (FBDG) need to be evidence-based. As part of the development of Ethiopian FBDG, we conducted an umbrella review to develop dietary recommendations.

Background

Over the last 2 decades, many African countries have undergone dietary and nutrition transitions fueled by globalization, rapid urbanization, and development.

Background: Women's self-help groups (SHGs) have become one of the largest institutional platforms serving the poor.

Background: Anemia and poor physical growth during adolescence have far-ranging consequences, but limited longitudinal evidence exists on how changes in these factors relate to changes in learning skills as adolescents mature.

Background: SELEVER is a nutrition- and gender-sensitive poultry value chain project designed and implemented by international NGO Tanager which consists of poultry market facilitation and behavior change activities aiming at increasing poultry pr

Background: Meta-analyses show that small-quantity lipid-based nutrient supplements (SQ-LNSs) reduce child stunting and wasting. Identification of subgroups who benefit most from SQ-LNSs may facilitate program design.

 A systematic review and assessment of nutrition and health pathways that evaluate the impacts of social assistance programs on outcomes in low- and middle-income countries.

Background: Small-quantity lipid-based nutrient supplements (SQ-LNSs) have been shown to reduce the prevalence of child anemia and iron deficiency, but effects on other micronutrients are less well known.

Research finds that child linear growth during and after the first 1000 days is positively associated with intellectual functioning and mental health in school-age children in Vietnam.

These disruptions in educational and nutritional services have exacerbated households’ food insecurity in Nigeria.

Growth faltering is associated with adverse consequences during childhood and later life.

Water security is a powerful concept that is still in its early days in the field of nutrition.

Background: Simple proxy indicators are needed to assess and monitor micronutrient intake adequacy of vulnerable populations.

Little is known about the impact of food-assisted maternal and child health programs (FA-MCHN) on child wasting.

Background: Vitamin A deficiency is a public health problem in sub-Saharan Africa.

No meta-analysis has examined the effect of dose and duration of zinc interventions on their impact on risk factors for type 2 diabetes (T2D) or cardiovascular disease (CVD).

Background: Healthy diets can help reduce undernutrition, morbidity, and mortality. However, evidence on the accessibility and affordability of recommended diets is limited, particularly in poor-resource settings including India.

Evidence on child linear growth, developmental epigenetics, and brain and neurocognitive development shows that some effects of undernourishment early in life may be irreversible.