This monograph is devoted to presentation of the results from ethnographic studies of infant and young child feeding that were undertaken in five counties in Kenya – Vihiga, Kitui, Isiolo, Marsabit and Turkana – as part of a large project aimed at improving nutrition in these communities.
This policy brief summarises key results from a study designed to identify potential interventions to improve nutrition in infants and young children in Kitui County, Kenya. The study was commissioned to provide information necessary for the design of appropriate high-impact nutrition interventions in Kitui to improve nutritional outcomes at the household level.
This policy brief summarises key results from a study designed to identify potential interventions to improve nutrition in infants and young children in Vihiga County, Kenya. The study was commissioned to provide information necessary for the design of appropriate high-impact nutrition interventions in Vihiga to improve nutritional outcomes at the household level.
The research sought to identify strategies to improve the nutritional quality of the diet of infants and young children using locally available and affordable foods. Specifically, it aimed to identify a set of evidence-based, population-specific food-based recommendations that can be promoted to improve infant and young child feeding among farming communities in Ghana’s Central Region.
The research sought to identify strategies to improve the nutritional quality of the diet of infants and young children using locally available and affordable foods. Specifically, it aimed to identify a set of evidence-based, population-specific food-based recommendations that can be promoted to improve infant and child feeding practices among farming communities in Ghana’s Northern Region.
Poor quality infant and young child (IYC) diets contribute to chronic under‐nutrition. To design effective IYC nutrition interventions, an understanding of the extent to which realistic food‐based strategies can improve dietary adequacy is required. The objective of this study was to assess the nutrient adequacy of children's diets in two rural agro‐ecological zones of Kenya.
Schoolchildren in Nigeria are rarely targeted by micronutrient interventions. This study determined the effects of a multi-micronutrient beverage on biochemical and anthropometric indicators of nutritional status among schoolchildren participating in a pilot school feeding program in Nasarawa State, Nigeria.
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.
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.
Little is known about how different delivery platforms can be used to reach nutritionally at risk populations with micronutrient powders. This study examined impact, on anemia and iron deficiency, of the sale of micronutrient powders.