Background: Gestational weight gain (GWG) below or above the Institute of Medicine (IOM) recommendations has been associated with adverse perinatal outcomes.
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Background: Meta-analyses show that small-quantity lipid-based nutrient supplements (SQ-LNS) reduce child wasting and stunting. There is little information regarding effects on severe wasting or stunting.
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Relative validity of a mobile AI-technology assisted dietary assessment in adolescent females in Vietnam
Background: There is a gap in data on dietary intake of adolescents in low- and middle-income countries. Traditional methods for dietary assessment are resource intensive and lack accuracy with regards to portion size estimation.
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Changes in anemia and anthropometry during adolescence predict learning outcomes: Findings from a 3-year longitudinal study in India
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.
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Sustainable food systems and nutrition in the 21st century: A report from the 22nd annual harvard nutrition obesity symposium
Food systems are at the center of a brewing storm consisting of a rapidly changing climate, rising hunger and malnutrition and significant social inequities.
A systematic review and individual participant data meta-analysis of effects on developmental outcomes and effect modifiers for children age 6-24 months.
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.
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.
Background: Climate change presents an increasing challenge for food-nutrition security. Nutrition metrics calculated from quantitative food system projections can help focus policy actions.
Although there is growing evidence on the role of preconception nutrition for birth outcomes, very few studies have evaluated the long-term effects of nutrition interventions during the preconception period on offspring cognitive outcomes.
Background: Vitamin A deficiency is a public health problem in sub-Saharan Africa.
Child stunting and linear growth faltering have declined over the past few decades and several countries have made exemplary progress.
Background: Undernutrition is associated with an elevated risk of mortality among children in low- and middle-income countries.
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Evidence on the effect of small-quantity lipid-based nutrient supplements (SQ-LNSs) on early child growth and development is mixed.
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