Poor complementary feeding practices contribute to infants and young children (IYC) malnutrition, with lack of protein-containing food and micronutrients as major concerns. A cross-sectional survey was conducted to assess the dietary diversity, nutrient contents and use of pulse crops in complementary feeding at Taba kebele, Southern Ethiopia. A questionnaire was used to collect socio-demograph...

BACKGROUND Impaired cognition increases mortality in the aged. It is unclear how dietary quality might affect this relationship. OBJECTIVE To examine how dietary diversity and cognition might interact to determine survival. DESIGN In a Nutrition and Health Survey in Taiwan (NAHSIT 1999-2000), 1,839 representative elderly were followed for mortality up to 10 years. The dietary quality measur...

Abstract The food and land use sector is a major contributor to India’s total greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. On one hand, India committed sustainability targets in the Agriculture, Forestry Other Land Use (AFOLU) sectors, on other, there little clarity whether these objectives can align with national developmental priorities of security environmental protection. This study fills gap by reviewi...

Eight World Health Organization (WHO) feeding indicators (FIs) and Demographic and Health Survey data for children <24 months were used to assess the relationship of child feeding with stunting and underweight in 14 poor countries. Also assessed were the correlations of FI with country gross national income (GNI). Prevalence of underweight and stunting increased with age and ≥ 50% of 12-23-mont...

A plant's performance and interactions with other trophic levels are recorgnized to be contingent upon plant diversity and underlying associational dynamics, but far less is known about the plant traits driving such phenomena. We manipulated diversity in plant traits using pairs of plant and a substitutive design to elucidate the mechanisms underlying diversity effects operating at a fine spati...

Introduction:: Anemia is one of the important public health problems plaguing world today. Iron deficiency anemia (IDA) constitutes majority this population. This study aims to explore relationship IDA and socio-demographic, lifestyle, dietary, physical activity, different body size phenotypes in adult Turkish populationMethods: The case-control was carried out between August October 2019 at in...

Healthy diets are unaffordable for almost 3.1 billion people worldwide, and in 2018, already 43% of the African population were urban dwellers. Our food systems changing rapidly, coupled with rising dietary aspirations. What healthy how can be reached increased an context was question project NOURICITY. Looking into different information channels to deliver on a low-income area Kampala, Uganda,...