Nutrition and gender

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Assessing the impact of nutritional definciency in famine: ( R. Mu;X. Zhang / International Food Policy Research Institute , 2008); An increasing literature examines the association between restricted fetal or early childhood growth and the incidence of diseases in adulthood. Little is known, however, about gender difference in th...
Does dietry diversity indicate womens' dietry quality?: evidence from rural Bangladesh: ( M. Arimond;L. Torheim;D. Wiesman / Food and Nutrition Technical Assistance Project , 2008); In developing countries, where low-quality, monotonous grain- and tuber-based diets are the norm, the risk for micronutrient deficiencies is high, especially amongst women of reproductive age. Howe...
Designing mulitsectoral approaches to reducing malnutrition: ( C.E. Levin; J. Long; K.R. Simler; C. Johnson-Welch / International Food Policy Research Institute , 2003); Nutrition policy in the South is shifting from agriculture-based strategies to nutrient supplementation programmes. This study explores how stakeholders’ views shape this change, and considers the po...
Girls are less likely to be vaccinated than boys in India: ( V. K. Borooah / Social Science and Medicine , 2004); This paper, published in the journal Social Science and Medicine, investigates gender differences in the likelihood of being immunised against disease (tuberculosis, polio, tetanus, and measles) and o...
Obesity is not just among the rich: ( C. A. Monteiro; E. C. Moura; W. L. Conde; B. M. Popkin / Bulletin of the World Health Organization : the International Journal of Public Health , 2004); This article, published by the Bulletin of the World Health Organization, reviews studies conducted between 1989 and 2003 that examined the relationship between socioeconomic status (SES) and obesity ...
The burden of disease from undernutrition and overnutrition in countries undergoing rapid nutrition transition: a view from Brazil: ( C. A. Monteiro; W. L. Conde; B. M. Popkin / American Journal of Public Health , 2004); This paper, published in the American Journal of Public Health, assesses the nutritional changes that occurred in the adult female population of Brazil during the last quarter of the 20th century usin...
Challenges arising from the nutritional transition: ( E. Kennedy / Journal of Nutrition , 2005); This article, published by the Journal of Nutrition, discusses trends in food security and nutrition and potential strategies for addressing new nutritional challenges. The article suggests that a nut...
Successful leadership contributes to reducing hunger: ( C. Johnson-Welch; K. MacQuarrie; S. Bunch / International Center for Research on Women, USA , 2005); This paper reviews the aspects and outcomes of the Agriculture- Nutrition Advantage project implemented in Ghana, Kenya, Mozambique, Nigeria, Uganda, and the United States. The aim of the project was ...
A cradle-to-grave approach to women’s nutrition: training aid for trainers: ( N. Ntombela; M. Stone-Jimenez; J. Ross; L. Martin / LINKAGES Project , 2005); Recommended reading; Produced by the Linkages Project, this training module is intended to provide instructors with the basic theory to train health workers on women’s nutrition, with a focus on the complete life cycle. I...
Malnutrition is rife among mothers in Africa: what remedy can the health sector offer?: ( S.L. Huffman; K.S. Ndure; E.R. Zehner / LINKAGES Project , 2001); Recommended reading; This paper, published by the Linkages Project and the Regional Centre for Quality of Health Care at Makerere University, examines the prevalence, causes, and consequences of maternal malnutrition in A...