Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN), The Sustainable Trade Initiative, Unilever - 01/01/2018
This brief provides an overview of the Seeds of Prosperity programme. Through the Seeds of Prosperity the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN), the Sustainable Trade Initiative (IDH), and Unilever are working through commodity supply chains to improve workers’ diets and hygiene practices.
Gurnimrat Sidhu, Chase Keenan, Angela R. Hansen - 13/05/2019
This report addresses a critical issue of our time – how can we exploit new ideas and new technology to nourish and feed a growing world, and do it sustainably? Working on food systems reform, it is easy to underestimate the speed of change around us. But the reality is that even in the remotest corners of the globe, the drivers of food systems change are making their presence felt with storm-like force.
Cecilia S. Fabrizio, Marti J. van Liere, Gretel H. Pelto - 01/10/2014
As stunting moves to the forefront of the global agenda, there is substantial evidence that behaviour change interventions (BCI) can improve infant feeding practices and growth. The objective of this study was to examine the design and implementation of complementary feeding behaviour change interventions, from the peer‐reviewed literature, to identify generalisable key determinants.
Luz Maria De‐Regil, Parminder S. Suchdev , Gunn E. Vist, Silke Walleser, Juan Pablo Peña‐Rosas - 07/09/2011
Vitamin and mineral deficiencies, particularly those of iron, vitamin A and zinc, affect more than two billion people worldwide. The purpose of this study was to assess the effects and safety of home (point-of-use) fortification of foods with multiple micronutrient powders on nutritional, health, and developmental outcomes in children under two years of age.
Fabian Rohner, Michael B. Zimmermann, Pieter Jooste, Chandrakant S. Pandav, Kathleen Caldwell, Ramkripa Raghavan, Daniel J. Raiten - 01/08/2014
The objective of this project is to provide state-of-the-art information and service with regard to selection, use, and interpretation of biomarkers of nutrient exposure, status, function, and effect. Specifically, this project seeks to develop consensus on accurate assessment methodologies that are applicable to researchers, clinicians, programmers, and policy makers.
Omar Dary, Beth Imhoff-Kunsch - 11/09/2012
The objective of this paper is to introduce the reader to the set of papers included in this Supplement reviewing methods and experience with Household Consumption and Expenditures Surveys to inform nutrition, and specifically food fortification programs.
Lynnette M. Neufeld, Valerie M. Friesen - 20/06/2018
The primary objectives of this chapter are to review methodologies used to date to evaluate the impact of food fortification programs in populations, discuss the strengths and limitations of these methodologies and resulting evidence, and provide recommendations on how such methodologies could be improved.
Kristin J. Marks, Corey L. Luthringer, Laird J. Ruth, Laura A. Rowe, Noor A. Khan, Luz Maria De‐Regil, Ximena López, Helena Pachón - 27/06/2018
The objective of this paper is to analyze the content of documents used to guide mandatory fortification programs for cereal grains. Legislation, standards, and monitoring documents, which are used to confirm fortification, were collected from countries with mandatory wheat flour, maize flour, and/or rice fortification.
Usha Ramakrishnan, Ines Gonzalez-Casanova, Lourdes Schnaas, Ann M. DiGirolamo, Amado David Quezada-Sánchez, Beth C. Pallo, Wei Hao, Lynnette M. Neufeld, Juan A. Rivera, Aryeh D. Stein, Reynaldo Martorell - 07/06/2016
Docosahexanoic acid (DHA) is an important constituent of the brain. Evidence from well-designed intervention trials of the long-term benefits of increasing DHA intake during pregnancy has been sparse. This study evaluated global cognition, behavior, and attention at age 5 years in the offspring of Mexican women who participated in a randomized controlled trial of prenatal DHA supplementation.
Moshood O. Omotayo, Katherine L. Dickin, Kimberly O. O'Brien, Lynnette M. Neufeld, Luz Maria De‐Regil, Rebecca J. Stoltzfus - 09/03/2016
The WHO issued a strong recommendation that pregnant women be provided calcium supplements to prevent preeclampsia. This is the first recommended nutritional intervention to prevent this condition, a leading cause of maternal mortality globally. This article summarizes key evidence on a number of issues that require further clarification and guidance on calcium intake.
