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  Nutritional outcomes related to household food insecurity among mothers in rural Malaysia

  Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition, 2013

  During the past two decades, the rates of food insecurity and obesity have risen. Although a relationship between these two seemingly-paradoxical states has not been repeatedly seen in men, research suggests that a correlation between them exists in women. This study examines nutritional outcomes of household food insecurity among mothers in rural Malaysia.
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  Identifying predictors of childhood anaemia in North-East India

  Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition, 2013

  Childhood anaemia is a major public-health concern, with an increasing risk of mortality. Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India, reports that it is one of the most common diseases due to nutritional deficiency in the world today, and more than half of the population in India is anaemic.
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  Application of the Water Poverty Index at the districts of Yellow River Basin

  Chinese Academy for Environmental Planning, 2011

  As one assessment method of the water resources, Water Poverty Index has become an available tool in water resources management for it simply calculation process, comprehensive understanding of the results. This paper introduces the concept of the Water Poverty Index, and applies it at these districts of Yellow River Basin by using equal weightings methodology.
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  Milk and protein intake by pregnant women affects growth of foetus

  Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition, 2013

  A developing foetus needs protein to build the cells of its body. The maternal diet supplies all the proteins that a baby needs; so, if the diet of a pregnant woman is deficient, her baby can suffer. The baby grows more rapidly during the second and third trimester; hence, the protein levels during the latter half of the pregnancy is more important than earlier in the development of foetus.
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  Prevalence of vitamin A deficiency in South Asia: causes, outcomes, and possible remedies

  Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition, 2013

  Vitamin A deficiency (VAD) has been recognised as a public health issue in developing countries. Economic constraints, sociocultural limitations, insufficient dietary intake, and poor absorption leading to depleted vitamin A stores in the body have been regarded as potential determinants of the prevalence of VAD in South Asian developing countries.
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  INFORMAS (International Network for Food and Obesity/non-communicable diseases Research, Monitoring and Action Support): overview and key principles

  Obesity Reviews, 2013

  Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) dominate disease burdens globally and poor nutrition increasingly contributes to this global burden. Compre- hensive monitoring of food environments, and evaluation of the impact of public and private sector policies on food environments is needed to strengthen accountability systems to reduce NCDs. The International
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  Bahaviour change for better health: nutrition, hygiene and sustainability

  BMC Public Health, 2013

  As the global population grows there is a clear challenge to address the needs of consumers, without depleting natural resources and whilst helping to improve nutrition and hygiene to reduce the growth of noncommunicable diseases. For fast-moving consumer goods companies, like Unilever, this challenge provides a clear opportunity to
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  Effect of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) on Malnutrition of Infants in Rajasthan, India: A mixed methids study

  PLoS ONE, 2013

  This paper analyses the effect of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), a wage-for-employment policy of the Indian Government, on infant malnutrition and delineate the pathways through which MGNREGA affects infant malnutrition.
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  Eliciting a policy response for the rising epidemic of overweight-obesity in India

  Obesity Reviews, 2013

  India is experiencing multiple transitions with respect to nutrition patterns, epidemiology and demography. Along with staggering childhood undernutrition, a rapid rise in chronic diseases and their risk factors including overweight-obesity (O-O), among all sections of society, is compounding India's health challenges.
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  Promoting populationwide salt reduction in the South-East Asia Region: current status and future directions

  World Health Organization WHO File, 2013

  This paper highlights key actions that countries can take to reduce salt intake as a population-based strategy to prevent and control hypertension and associated cardiovascular disease.

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