There is growing recognition that water insecurity – the inability to reliably access sufficient water for all household uses – is commonly experienced globally and has myriad adverse consequences for human well-being.
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In rural sub-Saharan Africa, where malnutrition in all its forms is rife, the greatest gap between the availability of foods and the foods needed for a nutritious diet are faced during the ‘hunger season’.
Background The Diet Quality Questionnaire (DQQ) is a rapid dietary assessment tool designed to enable feasible measuring and monitoring of diet quality at population level in the general public.
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Zinc-biofortified potatoes have considerable potential to reduce zinc deficiency because of their low levels of phytate, an inhibitor of zinc absorption, and their high consumption, especially in the Andean region of Peru.
Food systems transformation, animal-source foods consumption, inequality, and nutrition in Myanmar
This study traces the consumption of animal-source foods (ASF) during a period of rapid economic change and food system transformation in Myanmar.
An assessment of India's multiple national social protection schemes in improving nutrition and health
This paper examines whether the combined participation in workfare and food grain subsidy programmes in India impacts the nutritional and health status of women and children, using body mass index (BMI) and short-term morbidity as indicators.
Temporal dietary diversity patterns are associated with linear growth but not ponderal growth in young children in rural Vietnam
Background: The first 2 y of life mark critical changes in children’s diet from milk-based food to diverse food rich in taste and texture, but few studies in low-resource settings have explored the changes in diet quality during this period.
Background: Bangladesh is urbanizing rapidly, facing challenges of malnutrition, low coverage and poor quality of urban nutrition services.
Long-term association between maternal preconception hemoglobin concentration, anemia, and child health and development in Vietnam
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The long-term association between preconception maternal hemoglobin (Hb) concentrations and child health and development is unclear.
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Yellow fleshed potatoes biofortified with iron have been developed through conventional breeding but the bioavailability of the iron is unknown.
Looking back at the development of successful enabling environments for nutrition may inform policymakers on how to accelerate progress to end all forms of malnutrition by 2030.
Background: One-third of preschool children in Myanmar were stunted in 2015–2016, and three-quarters of children 6–23 mo had inadequate diet diversity.
Long term association between of maternal preconception hemoglobin and anemia and child health and development in Vietnam
Background: The long-term association between preconception maternal hemoglobin (Hb) concentrations and child health and development is unclear.
The feasibility of implementing food-based dietary guidelines and food graphics in Ethiopia
This study aimed to test the acceptability, cultural appropriateness, consumers' understanding, and practicality of the Ethiopian food-based dietary guideline's messages, tips, and food graphics.
Stories of change in nutrition: Lessons from a new generation of studies from Africa, Asia and Europe
How does nutrition improve? We need to understand better what drives both positive and negative change in different contexts, and what more can be done to reduce malnutrition.