The need for evidence to inform nutrition program design and implementation has long been recognized, yet the generation and use of evidence for program decision making has lagged. The results of the coverage surveys reported in this supplement highlight some of the strengths and areas for improvement of current population-based (i.e., staple foods and condiments) and targeted (e.g., foods for ...

Market Basket Analysis (MBA) system is a widely used technique among marketers, especially for undirected data mining analysis. MBA also known as product association analysis and the outcome of this called rules. The can be to schedule marketing or advertising strategies design catalogs different shop layouts. Discovering pattern from customer's buying habits in shopping stores was collected th...

OBJECTIVE The 'Smart Choices' programme was an industry-driven, front-of-package (FOP) nutritional labelling system introduced in the USA in August 2009, ostensibly to help consumers select healthier options during food shopping. Its nutritional criteria were developed by members of the food industry in collaboration with nutrition and public health experts and government officials. The aim of ...

Action priorities for reducing iron deficiency vary across regions. Some regions have limited experience with national programs, such as in the republics of Central Asia, where the focus since independence has been on assessment, advocacy and scaling up of interventions. In more developed regions the priorities are improving established programs and addressing the needs of the remaining subpopu...

Balanites aegyptiaca (L) Del is a medicinal plant used in several folk medicines and as food condiment etc Africa [1]. Medicinal plants contain large varieties of chemical substances which possess important therapeutic properties that can be utilized in the treatment of human diseases [2]. There are several reports in the literature regarding the chemical components of extracts prepared from pl...

The diversity of Bacillus species isolated from the fermented soup condiment okpehe in Nigeria was studied using a combination of phenotypic and genotypic methods. Fifty strains presumptively characterized as Bacillus spp. using the API 50 CHB test were further identified by PCR of randomly amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) and by amplified ribosomal DNA restriction analysis (ARDRA) genotyping m...