The use of a modified version of Photovoice to identify maternal dietary consumption enablers and barriers in northern Bangladesh’, IJFNPH, Vol. 8, No. 1, 20162
Alan Clough and Jenni Judd James Cook University Australia Julie Brimbecombe Menzies School of Health Research Australia Kerrianne Watt Queensland University of Technology Australia Purpose: To describe what maternal nutrition means to pregnant women living in rural areas of northern Bangladesh. Design: Photovoice methodology was modified and used in two villages in northern Bangladesh between […]
Do public health messages impact on knowledge, diet and lifestyle choices of women during pregnancy?, Cathryn Salisbury and Claire Robertson
Cathryn Salisbury University of Westminster United Kingdom Claire Robertson University of Westminster United Kingdom Purpose: This paper summarises the scientific rationale supporting the need to promote healthy diet and lifestyle choices during pregnancy and describes a pilot study assessing the impact of public health messages on diet quality and lifestyle choices among a population of […]
New approaches for correcting zinc deficiency without zinc fortification, Barbara Harland and Donald Oberleas
Barbara F. Harland Howard University United States Donald Oberleas Texas Tech University United States Purpose: Emphatically state that zinc deficiency is the most prevalent nutritional deficiency worldwide. Introduce the Phytate: Zinc Molar Ratio as a tool for predicting zinc deficiency. To introduce the consequences or degree of severity of zinc deficiency and the ease of […]
Tailored food recipes-TFR: employing the European perspective, Abraham Amlogu, Kate Godden, Ihab Tewfik, Sundus Tewfik and Charles Wambebe
Abraham Mainaji Amlogu, University of Westminster London and State House Medical Centre Nigeria Kate Godden and Ihab Tewfik University of Westminster London Sundus Tewfik London Metropolitan University London Charles Wambebe Ahmadu Bello University Nigeria Purpose: Because of increasing interest in the concept of “Functional Foods” and “Health Claims”, the European Union set up a European […]
Effect of undernutrition on cognitive development of children, Kavindra Kesari, Ruchika Handa and Ranu Prasad
Kavindra Kumar Kesari Jawaharlal Nehru University India Ruchika Handa and Ranu Prasad Deemed University India Abstract: Undernutrition is a problem worldwide, especially among infants and young children, belonging to the poor socio-economic classes. Our aim was to explore the associations between undernutrition and Intelligence Quotient (IQ) and school performance in children. A total of 150 […]
Weight-for-stature reference data of prepubescent Egyptian children, Moushira Zaki, Nayera Hassan, Sahar A. El-Masry, Wafaa Kandeel and Fawzia Hussien
Moushira E. Zaki, Nayera E. Hassan, Sahar A. El-Masry, Wafaa A. Kandeel and Fawzia H. Hussien National Research Centre Egypt Abstract: Weight-for-stature is widely used as an index of recent malnutrition. The aim is to construct weight-for-stature percentile curves of prepubescent Egyptian children and to compare these curves with the revised US growth charts. In […]