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    Supplementation with beef or milk markedly improves vitamin B12 status of Kenya schoolers

    Global Livestock CRSP, 2002
    This paper reports on a two year controlled intervention with animal source foods, initiated in Embu, Kenya, to improve the micronutrient status of 6-9 year old rural Kenyan school children and test if animal source foods improve growth and cognitive function as well.Twelve schools were randomly assigned to three different but equi-calorific food supplements.
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    The impact of dietary intervention on the cognitive development of Kenyan school children

    Global Livestock CRSP, 2002
    This study reports the first findings of an experimental study in rural Kenya, designed to test the impact of three different diets on the cognitive development of school children.Twelve schools with 555 Standard 1 children were randomised to one of four feeding interventions: Meat, Milk, Energy, or Control (no feeding).
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    From cradle to grave - does foetal growth influence adult health?

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    India is currently experiencing an epidemic of coronary heart disease and diabetes. Low weight and small size at birth are thought to increase the risk of developing these diseases in later life. So what steps can India take to improve foetal growth? Will bigger babies grow up with healthier hearts?
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    New dimensions of childhood malnutrition in six African countries

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    Nearly a third of all children under five years old in sub-Saharan Africa are underweight. With evidence that health risks are elevated even for children who are only mildly to moderately underweight, tackling malnutrition is crucial for reducing infant mortality.
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    Best days of your life? Tackling health problems in Tanzania’s schools

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    School-age children bear 13.7 per cent of the burden of disease in sub-Saharan Africa. This affects their school attendance and performance. How can schools improve the health of their pupils?
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    Nutrition for disabled children in Nigeria – are they missing out?

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    Are disabled children nutritionally disadvantaged in developing countries? Do disabled children in poor families get less food than their siblings? Researchers from the UK Institute of Child Health investigated the nutritional status of disabled children in Nigeria.
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    Thin end of the wedge – under and over-nutrition in Indian women

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    Nutrition research in India focuses on under- nutrition. However, rates of obesity are rising, along with chronic diseases, such as heart disease and diabetes. Researchers from the Carolina Population Centre, USA, looked at factors linked to under and over-nutrition in Andhra Pradesh in southern India.
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    Lessons in nutrition: stunting and anaemia in Tanzanian schoolchildren

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    Most nutritional studies and interventions in Africa focus on pre-school children. But what is the extent of undernutrition in school- aged children? What are the particular nutritional needs of this age group?
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    The size of the problem: malnutrition and obesity in urban India

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    The World Bank estimates that malnutrition costs India over US$ 10 billion each year due to lost productivity, illness and death. But the results of the largest ever survey of urban adults in India show that there is also a significant level of obesity. Health policy- makers must develop a dual approach to tackle these problems.
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    Healthy decisions? Reproductive healthcare for Muslim women in India

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    What influences a woman’s reproductive healthcare decisions? Men? Cultural beliefs? Money? When this vital area of public health services remains largely unused, it is time to examine attitudes to reproductive health and improve access to available resources.

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