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Low coverage of effective nutrition interventions in many high-burden countries, due to service provision and demand factors, result in poor uptake of recommended practices and nutrition outcomes.
Understanding maternal food choice for preschool children across urban–rural settings in Vietnam
Improving diet quality of preschool children is challenging in countries undergoing food environment and nutrition transition.
The economic costs of a multisectoral nutrition programme implemented through a credit platform in Bangladesh
Bangladesh struggles with undernutrition in women and young children. Nutrition-sensitive agriculture programmes can help address rural undernutrition. However, questions remain on the costs of multisectoral programmes.
Community health workers (CHWs) increasingly provide interpersonal counselling to childbearing women and their families to improve adoption of recommended maternal and child nutrition behaviours.
Anaemia in Indians aged 10–19 years: Prevalence, burden and associated factors at national and regional levels
Anaemia control programmes in India are hampered by a lack of representative evidence on anaemia prevalence, burden and associated factors for adolescents.
Social assistance programme impacts on women's and children's diets and nutritional status
Investments in social assistance programmes (SAPs) have accelerated alongside interest in using SAPs to improve health and nutrition outcomes.
Integrating nutrition interventions into antenatal care (ANC) requires adapting global recommendations to fit existing health systems and local contexts, but the evidence is limited on the process of tailoring nutrition interventions for health pr
The National Nutrition Services of Bangladesh aims to deliver nutrition services through the primary health care system.
What works to protect, promote and support breastfeeding on a large scale: A review of reviews
Globally women continue to face substantial barriers to breastfeeding. The 2016 Lancet Breastfeeding Series identified key barriers and reviewed effective interventions that address them.
Antenatal care (ANC) is the largest health platform globally for delivering maternal nutrition interventions (MNIs) to pregnant women. Yet, large missed opportunities remain in nutrition service delivery.
Adequate dietary diversity among infants is often suboptimal in developing countries.
Using cognitive interviewing to bridge the intent-interpretation gap for nutrition coverage survey questions in India
Designing survey questions that clearly and precisely communicate the question's intent and elicit responses based on the intended interpretation is critical but often undervalued.
Provision and utilisation of health and nutrition services during COVID-19 pandemic in urban Bangladesh
The COVID-19 pandemic is expected to have profound effects on healthcare systems, but little evidence exists on service provision, utilisation, or adaptations.
Maternal depression is associated with less dietary diversity among rural Nepali children
Maternal depression has been associated with adverse child growth and development; less is known about its relation to children's diet.
Trends and geographic variability in gender inequalities in child mortality and stunting in India, 2006–2016
Gender disparities in child undernutrition and mortality in India have been a topic of interest for a long time, but little is known on trends or geographic variability in recent periods.
Nutrition‐sensitive agriculture programme impacts on time use and associations with nutrition outcomes
Success of nutrition‐sensitive agriculture programmes targeted to women may be influenced by increased demands on women's and other household members' time and by time‐related trade‐offs to accommodate programme participation.
Assessing statistical similarity in dietary intakes of women of reproductive age in Bangladesh
Equivalence testing suggests pregnant or lactating women’s dietary intakes are suboptimal and also statistically equivalent to those of nonpregnant, nonlactating women in Bangladesh.
Evidence on strategies to improve infant and young child feeding in India, a country that carries the world's largest burden of undernutrition, is limited.