This cluster-randomized interventional trial at periurban settings of Karachi was conducted to evaluate the impact of maternal educational messages regarding appropriate complementary feeding (CF) on the nutritional status of their infants after 30 weeks of educational interventions delivered by trained community health workers. Mothers in the intervention group received three education modules...

BACKGROUND Prolonged breastfeeding in developing countries is routinely recommended as a valuable and cost-effective public health measure to promote early childhood growth. However, the effects of breastfeeding beyond 12 months are unclear, with some studies showing positive, and some showing negative effects. The role of complementary foods for children 1-3 years has been less studied. METH...

The association between suboptimal infant feeding practices and growth faltering is well-established. However, most of this evidence comes from cross-sectional studies. To prospectively assess the association between suboptimal infant feeding practices and growth faltering, we interviewed pregnant women at 28-32 weeks' gestation and followed-up their offspring at postnatal months 3, 9, 16 and 2...

OBJECTIVE To examine changes in energy intake along with markers of dietary quality (animal-source energy and protein intakes) among household members in the presence of supplementary school feeding in rural Kenya. DESIGN A 2-year, longitudinal, randomized controlled feeding intervention study. SETTING Kyeni South Division, Embu District, Kenya. SUBJECTS A total of 182 schoolchildren and ...

European white stork (Ciconia ciconia) populations have been object to several conservation measures such as reintroduction programs, habitat improvement or supplementary feeding in the last decades. Although recent white stork censuses revealed an upward trend of most of the western populations, evaluations of the relative importance of certain conservation measures are still scarce or even la...

New Zealand Journal of Ecology (1997) 21(2): 141-152 ©New Zealand Ecological Society spp.), and rats (Rattus spp.), may also be contributing to the decline of kaka by reducing the birds’ productivity (Beggs and Wilson, 1991). A significant competitive interaction with possums is suggested by the fact that kaka remain common in the South Island only where possum densities are relatively low (O’D...