Meeting the food and nutrition needs of the poor: the role of fish and the opportunities and challenges emerging from the rise of aquaculturea

MCM Beveridge, SH Thilsted, MJ Phillips… - Journal of fish …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
People who are food and nutrition insecure largely reside in Asia and Sub‐Saharan Africa
and for many, fish represents a rich source of protein, micronutrients and essential fatty …

What works? Interventions for maternal and child undernutrition and survival

ZA Bhutta, T Ahmed, RE Black, S Cousens, K Dewey… - The lancet, 2008 - thelancet.com
We reviewed interventions that affect maternal and child undernutrition and nutrition-related
outcomes. These interventions included promotion of breastfeeding; strategies to promote …

Nutrition-sensitive interventions and programmes: how can they help to accelerate progress in improving maternal and child nutrition?

MT Ruel, H Alderman - The lancet, 2013 - thelancet.com
Acceleration of progress in nutrition will require effective, large-scale nutrition-sensitive
programmes that address key underlying determinants of nutrition and enhance the …

The W orld H ealth O rganization's global target for reducing childhood stunting by 2025: rationale and proposed actions

M De Onis, KG Dewey, E Borghi… - Maternal & child …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract In 2012, the World Health Organization adopted a resolution on maternal, infant
and young child nutrition that included a global target to reduce by 40% the number of …

Is resilience a useful concept in the context of food security and nutrition programmes? Some conceptual and practical considerations

C Béné, D Headey, L Haddad, K von Grebmer - Food security, 2016 - Springer
With the developing world increasingly exposed to severe shocks and stresses, a growing
number of international development agencies have now adopted resilience building as a …

[HTML][HTML] Linear growth deficit continues to accumulate beyond the first 1000 days in low-and middle-income countries: global evidence from 51 national surveys

JL Leroy, M Ruel, JP Habicht, EA Frongillo - The Journal of nutrition, 2014 - Elsevier
Growth faltering is usually assessed using height-for-age Z-scores (HAZs), which have been
used for comparisons of children of different age and sex composition across populations …

Current and potential role of specially formulated foods and food supplements for preventing malnutrition among 6-to 23-month-old children and for treating moderate …

S De Pee, MW Bloem - Food and nutrition bulletin, 2009 - journals.sagepub.com
Reducing child malnutrition requires nutritious food, breastfeeding, improved hygiene,
health services, and (prenatal) care. Poverty and food insecurity seriously constrain the …

The sanitation hygiene infant nutrition efficacy (SHINE) trial: rationale, design, and methods

Sanitation Hygiene Infant Nutrition … - Clinical Infectious …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Child stunting and anemia are intractable public health problems in developing countries
and have profound short-and long-term consequences. The Sanitation Hygiene Infant …

Assessing impact and impact pathways of a homestead food production program on household and child nutrition in Cambodia

DK Olney, A Talukder, LL Iannotti… - Food and Nutrition …, 2009 - journals.sagepub.com
Background Homestead food production programs have the potential to improve maternal
and child health and nutrition through multiple pathways. Objective To evaluate the impact of …

[HTML][HTML] Using height-for-age differences (HAD) instead of height-for-age z-scores (HAZ) for the meaningful measurement of population-level catch-up in linear growth …

JL Leroy, M Ruel, JP Habicht, EA Frongillo - BMC pediatrics, 2015 - Springer
Background Evidence from studies conducted in nutritionally deprived children in low-and
middle-income countries (LIMC) in past decades showed little or no population-level catch …