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 …

Tackling childhood stunting in the Eastern Mediterranean Region in the context of COVID-19

AA Jawaldeh, R Doggui, E Borghi, H Aguenaou… - Children, 2020 - mdpi.com
Over 20 million children under 5 years old in the WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region have
stunted growth, as a result of chronic malnutrition, with damaging long-term consequences …

[PDF][PDF] Know ledge, Attitude and Behavior of the Urban Poor Concerning Solid Waste Management: A Case Study

MW Murad, C Siwar - Journal of Applied Sciences, 2007 - researchgate.net
This study has developed three Logistic Regression Models to determine and analyze the
factors that could affect knowledge, attitude and behavior of the urban poor concerning solid …

[HTML][HTML] Multisector intervention to accelerate reductions in child stunting: an observational study from 9 sub-Saharan African countries

R Remans, PM Pronyk, JC Fanzo, J Chen… - The American journal of …, 2011 - Elsevier
Background: In sub-Saharan Africa,∼ 40% of children< 5 y old are stunted, with levels that
have remained largely unchanged over the past 2 decades. Although the complex …

Assessment of nutritional status and nutritional risk in hospitalized Iranian children

V Moeeni, T Walls, AS Day - Acta Paediatrica, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Aims: This study aimed to define the nutritional state of children admitted to a tertiary Iranian
hospital and to evaluate nutritional risk score tools in these children. Methods: The …

Effectiveness of community nutrition-specific interventions on improving malnutrition of children under 5 years of age in the eastern mediterranean region: A systematic …

D Ghodsi, N Omidvar, B Nikooyeh, R Roustaee… - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Childhood malnutrition remains an important public health and development problem in low-
and middle-income countries. This study aimed to systematically review the community …

A review of interventions based on dietary diversification or modification strategies with the potential to enhance intakes of total and absorbable zinc

RS Gibson, VP Anderson - Food and Nutrition Bulletin, 2009 - journals.sagepub.com
Dietary diversification or modification has the potential to prevent deficiencies of zinc and
other coexisting limiting micronutrients simultaneously, without risk of antagonistic …

Association of vitamin D, retinol and zinc deficiencies with stunting in toddlers: findings from a national study in Iran

Y Sharif, O Sadeghi, A Dorosty, F Siassi, M Jalali… - Public health, 2020 - Elsevier
Objective The objective of this study was to investigate the association of serum levels of 25
(OH) D 3 (vitamin D), retinol (vitamin A) and zinc with stunting in a large sample of Iranian …

Stunting and its associated factors among 6–7-year-old children in southern Iran: a nested case–control study

MJ Fatemi, M Fararouei, H Moravej… - Public health …, 2019 - cambridge.org
ObjectiveHeight-for-age shorter than 3th percentile or 2 sd below the median of the National
Center for Health Statistics/WHO growth reference is known as stunting. The present study …

[HTML][HTML] Design Factors for Food Supplementation and Nutrition Education Interventions That Limit Conclusions about Effectiveness for Wasting Prevention: A Scoping …

SB Ickes, C Craig, R Heidkamp - Advances in Nutrition, 2022 - Elsevier
We conducted a scoping review to characterize the evidence base for the effectiveness of
food supplementation (FS), nutrition education (NE), or FS/NE interventions to prevent …