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The potential effectiveness of the nutrition improvement program on infant and young child feeding and nutritional status in the Northwest and Southwest regions of Cameroon, Central Africa

BMC Health Services Research, 2016
Background Despite the recent international focus on maternal and child nutrition, little attention is paid to nutrition capacity development.
Kate Reinsma, Godlove Nkuoh, Emmanuel Nshom   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Maternal postpartum feeding anxiety was associated with infant feeding practices: results from the mother-infant cohort study of China

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2020
Background Maternal feeding anxiety (FA) was prevalent during puerperium and might affect infant feeding practices. This study was aimed to investigate the FA status in Chinese postpartum women and its relationship with infant feeding practices (FPs ...
Jing Sun, Yimin Zhu, Yongjin Li, Niuniu Li, Tan Liu, Xiao Su, Zhiyong Dai, Yanchun Zhang, Lina Pan, Wei Jiang, Wenli Zhu   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

Infant Serum and Maternal Milk Vitamin B-12 Are Positively Correlated in Kenyan Infant-Mother Dyads at 1-6 Months Postpartum, Irrespective of Infant Feeding Practice. [PDF]

, 2018
BackgroundVitamin B-12 is an essential nutrient required for many functions including DNA synthesis, erythropoiesis, and brain development. If maternal milk vitamin B-12 concentrations are low, infants may face elevated risks of deficiency when ...
Achando, Beryl, Allen, Lindsay H, Chantry, Caroline J, Hampel, Daniela, Kiprotich, Marion, Lin, Audrie, Null, Clair A, Shahab-Ferdows, Setareh, Stewart, Christine P, Williams, Anne M   +9 more
core   +3 more sources

Shared Principles of Ethics for Infant and Young Child Nutrition in the Developing World

BMC Public Health, 2010
Background The defining event in the area of infant feeding is the aggressive marketing of infant formula in the developing world by transnational companies in the 1970s.
Daar Abdallah S, Singh Jerome, Singer Peter A   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Functional near infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) to assess cognitive function in infants in rural Africa [PDF]

, 2011
Cortical mapping of cognitive function during infancy is poorly understood in low-income countries due to the lack of transportable neuroimaging methods. We have successfully piloted functional near infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) as a neuroimaging tool in
A Blasi, A Cristia, C Kolyva, CA Powell, CG Victora, CG Victora, EB Isaacs, G Dehaene-Lambertz, H Obrig, H Sato, H Watanabe, J Currie, J Gervain, J Steinbrink, JA Guiraud, JJ Wolff, JL Beard, JP McCleery, K-H Lee, LF Van der Merwe, LV Coutts, M Elsabbagh, M Elsabbagh, M Huotilainen, MA Mendez, MK Georgieff, N Kretchmer, N Tzourio-Mazoyer, NL Everdell, P Belin, P Belin, P Tomalski, PG Lunn, PG Lunn, R Martorell, RJ Luyster, RN Aslin, S Lloyd-Fox, S Lloyd-Fox, S Lloyd-Fox, S Lloyd-Fox, S Lloyd-Fox, S Shimada, SE Cusick, SE Fox, T Grossmann, T Grossmann, T Imada, T Wilcox, Y Benjamini, Y Fukui, Y Minagawa-Kawai, Y Minagawa-Kawai, Y Minagawa-Kawai, Y Otsuka   +54 more
core   +1 more source

By dawn or dusk—how circadian timing rewrites bacterial infection outcomes

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
The circadian clock shapes immune function, yet its influence on infection outcomes is only beginning to be understood. This review highlights how circadian timing alters host responses to the bacterial pathogens Salmonella enterica, Listeria monocytogenes, and Streptococcus pneumoniae revealing that the effectiveness of immune defense depends not only
Devons Mo, Catherine S. Palmer, Jacqueline M. Kimmey   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Addressing child under nutrition: can traditional practices offer a solution?

Global Health Action, 2017
Child under nutrition continues to be a challenge to global development, especially in resource-poor contexts. In the multifaceted attempts to address this challenge, popular traditional practices, although closely linked to infant health, remain ...
Sarika Chaturvedi, Joanna Raven, Bhushan Patwardhan   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Hematopoietic (stem) cells—The elixir of life?

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
The aging of HSCs (hematopoietic stem cells) and the blood system leads to the decline of other organs. Rejuvenating aged HSCs improves the function of the blood system, slowing the aging of the heart, kidney, brain, and liver, and the occurrence of age‐related diseases.
Emilie L. Cerezo, Jonah Anderson, Emilie Dinh Vedrenne, Noël Yeh Martín, Jette Lengefeld   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Health-related marketing messages on product labels of commercial infant and toddler food packaging in Australia: a cross-sectional audit

BMJ Paediatrics Open, 2021
Background Proper nutrition in early childhood is essential to ensure optimal growth and development. Use of ‘better-for-you’ features on food packaging position products as healthier for children.
Aimee L Brownbill, Lucy Simmonds, Anthea Zee, Merryn J Netting   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Time after time – circadian clocks through the lens of oscillator theory

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Oscillator theory bridges physics and circadian biology. Damped oscillators require external drivers, while limit cycles emerge from delayed feedback and nonlinearities. Coupling enables tissue‐level coherence, and entrainment aligns internal clocks with environmental cues.
Marta del Olmo, Carolin Ector, Hanspeter Herzel   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source