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Paradigm shift: efficient and cost effective real-time nutritional assessment technique
(AFRICAN SCHOLARLY SCIENCE COMMUNICATIONS TRUST (ASSCAT), 2017)
For several decades, nutritional anthropometry has been used in the assessment of
nutritional status and growth monitoring for individuals and at population level.
Techniques, equipment and standardization procedures ...
Socio-Demographic Factors Influencing Nutritional Status of Children (6-59 Months) in Obunga Slums, Kisumu City, Kenya
(Scientific & Academic Publishing, 2016)
Poor nutrition remains a direct critical factor in child mortality in Africa. A lot of focus has been
given to the rural population as poverty setting. However, urban slums display more serious poverty conditions ...
Adherence to home fortification with micronutrient powders in Kenyan pre-school children: self-reporting and sachet counts compared to an electronic monitoring device
(BioMed Central, 2018-11-01)
Background
The efficacy of home fortification with iron-containing micronutrient powders varies between trials, perhaps in part due to population differences in adherence. We aimed to assess to what extent adherence ...
Risk Factors to Persistent Dysentery among Children under the Age of Five in Rural Sub-Saharan Africa; the Case of Kumi, Eastern Uganda
(Research gate, 2018)
Introduction: Dysentery, otherwise called bloody diarrhoea, is a problem of Public Health importance globally,
contributing 54% of the cases of childhood diarrhoeal diseases in Kumi district, Uganda. We set out to assess ...
Dailyfood-based dietary recommendations combined with zinc fortified drinking water ensure nutrient adequacy among 4-6 year old Kenyan children
(2016-05-17)
Background: Zinc deficiency is considered a significant public health problem in preschool
children in Africa together with infections such as diarrhea, which further deplete the body of
zinc. Young children are more ...
Aflatoxin exposure in pregnant women in Kisumu county, Kenya
(2015-08-17)
About 4.5 billion people globally and 1.8 million Kenyans are exposed to large amount of
aflatoxin. However, little is known about aflatoxin exposure levels in pregnant women through dietary
intake. This study aimed to ...
Using Food Grade Lye “omushelekha” in the Formulation of Health Products from Commonly Consumed African Indigenous Vegetables and Vegetable Combinations
(Functional Foods in Health and Disease, 2011-05-24)
: Lye, sodium hydroxide and potassium hydroxide has been used over the years in
food preparation including the preparation of vegetables and dried meat products, washing or
chemical peeling of fruits and vegetables, cocoa ...
Household Food Security and Nutritional Status of Hiv Sero-Positive Clients Attending Longisa County Hospital Comprehensive Care Clinic, Bomet County, Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2018)
Food insecurity remains a major problem in poor households, and its implications worsen
in disease states including Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and AIDS. More than
10 million Kenyans are chronically food insecure ...
Daily home fortification with iron as ferrous fumarate versus NaFeEDTA: a randomised, placebo-controlled, non-inferiority trial in Kenyan children
(BioMed Central, 2017-12-01)
Background
We aimed to show the non-inferiority of home fortification with a daily dose of 3 mg iron in the form of iron as ferric sodium ethylenediaminetetraacetate (NaFeEDTA) compared with 12.5 mg iron as encapsulated ...
Anthropometric and Dietary Profile of HIV Sero-positive Patients in Chulaimbo Sub-District Hospital, Kenya.
(TextRoad Publication, 2010)
There is lacking information on changes in body composition along with dietary pattern among People Living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) attending clinic at Chulaimbo Sub- district hospital, Kenya. In most HIV clinics in Kisumu, ...