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Complementary Feeding: Review of Recommendations, Feeding Practices and Adequacy of Homemade Complementary Food Preparations in Developing Countries – lessons from Ethiopia

open access: yesFrontiers in Nutrition, 2016
Breastfeeding provides the ideal food during the first 6 months of life. Complementary feeding is the process starting when breast milk alone is no longer sufficient, the target age being between 6 to 23 months.
Motuma A Abeshu   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Comparison of Micronutrient Intake Among Students with and without Computer Vision Syndrome

open access: yesAmerta Nutrition, 2023
Background: During the COVID-19 pandemic, there is an increased risk of computer vision syndrome (CVS), a group of eye and vision-related symptoms due to prolonged digital device use. The study on the prevalence of micronutrient intake deficiencies among
Nurfitri Bustamam   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Metabolic engineering of micronutrients in crop plants [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Micronutrient deficiency is a widespread phenomenon, most prevalent in developing countries. Being causally linked to the occurrence of a range of diseases, it affects billions of people worldwide. Enhancing the content of micronutrients in crop products
Blancquaert, Dieter   +3 more
core   +2 more sources

Conflicting interests in the pathogen-host tug of war : fungal micronutrient scavenging versus mammalian nutritional immunity [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Funding: The authors are supported by the European Research Council (STRIFE project funded on grant number ERC-2009-AdG-249793, http://erc.europa.eu). AJPB is also supported by the Wellcome Trust (grant numbers 080088, 097377, www.wellcome.ac.uk) and the
Ballou, Elizabeth R   +3 more
core   +2 more sources

miR-155 and miR-122 Expression of Spermatozoa in Obese Subjects

open access: yesFrontiers in Genetics, 2018
Obesity is characterized by mild chronic inflammation that is linked with impaired iron homeostasis. Studies in human and murine show that there is a transgenerational epigenetic inheritance via the gametes in obesity; however, there is little ...
Paulina López   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Zinc Biofortification in Food Crops Could Alleviate the Zinc Malnutrition in Human Health

open access: yesMolecules, 2021
Micronutrient malnutrition is a global health issue and needs immediate attention. Over two billion people across the globe suffer from micronutrient malnutrition.
Subhashisa Praharaj   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

A prospective evaluation of thiamine and magnesium status in relation to clinicopathological characteristics and 1-year mortality in patients with alcohol withdrawal syndrome

open access: yesJournal of Translational Medicine, 2019
Background Alcohol withdrawal syndrome (AWS) is routinely treated with B-vitamins. However, the relationship between thiamine status and outcome is rarely examined.
Donogh Maguire   +17 more
doaj   +1 more source

Toward eradication of B-vitamin deficiencies : considerations for crop biofortification [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
'Hidden hunger' involves insufficient intake of micronutrients and is estimated to affect over two billion people on a global scale. Malnutrition of vitamins and minerals is known to cause an alarming number of casualties, even in the developed world ...
Strobbe, Simon   +1 more
core   +3 more sources

Nutrition situation of Burkina Faso: a narrative review

open access: yesNAJFNR, 2020
Introduction: Burkina Faso is a landlocked West African country, where livelihoods are heavily dependent on subsistence agriculture, and the humanitarian crisis has increased populations vulnerability to malnutrition.
Moussa Ouedraogo   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Home-based versus clinic-based care for patients starting antiretroviral therapy with low CD4⁺ cell counts: findings from a cluster-randomized trial. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
OBJECTIVES: African health services have shortages of clinical staff. We showed previously, in a cluster-randomized trial, that a home-based strategy using trained lay-workers is as effective as a clinic-based strategy. It is not known whether home-based
Amuron   +14 more
core   +1 more source

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