Browsing by Author "Christian, Parul"
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Development and acceptability testing of ready-to-use supplementary food made from locally available food ingredients in Bangladesh
Ahmed, Tahmeed; Choudhury, Nuzhat; Hossain, M Iqbal; Tangsuphoom, Nattapol; Islam, M Munirul; de Pee, Saskia; Steiger, Georg; Fuli, Rachel; A M Sarker, Shafiqul; Parveen, Monira; WestJr, Keith P; Christian, Parul (© 2014 BioMed Central Ltd., 2014)Background: Inadequate energy and micronutrient intake during childhood is a major public health problem in developing countries. Ready-to-use supplementary food (RUSF) made of locally available food ingredients can improve ... -
Maternal nutritional status mediates the linkage between household food insecurity and mid-infancy size in rural Bangladesh
Na, Muzi; Shamim, Abu Ahmed; Mehra, Sucheta; Labrique, Alain; Ali, Hasmot; Wu, Lee S.-F.; Shaikh, Saijuddin; Klemm, Rolf; Christian, Parul; West, Keith P. (Cambridge University Press, 2020-02-27)Household food insecurity (HFI) is a major concern in South Asia. The pathways by which HFI may reduce child growth remain inadequately understood. In a cohort study of 12 693 maternal–infant dyads in rural Bangladesh, ... -
Supplementation with fortified lipid-based and blended complementary foods has variable impact on body composition among Rural Bangladeshi children: A cluster-randomized controlled trial
Shaikh, Saijuddin; Campbell, Rebecca K; Mehra, Sucheta; Kabir, Alamgir; Schulze, Kerry J; Wu, Lee; Ali, Hasmot; Shamim, Abu Ahmed; West, Keith P; Christian, Parul (Oxford Academic, 2020-04-02)Background: Complementary food supplementation enhances linear growth and may affect body composition in children. Objective: We aimed to determine the effect of complementary food supplements provided from the age of 6 ... -
Thinness and fecundability: Time to pregnancy after adolescent marriage in rural Bangladesh
Hur, Jinhee; West, Keith P.; Shamim, Abu Ahmed; Rashid, Mahbubur; Labrique, Alain B.; Wu, Lee S.F.; Ali, Hasmot; Ullah, Barkat; Schulze, Kerry J.; Klemm, Rolf D.W.; Christian, Parul (Wiley, 2020-03-24)Undernutrition may affect fecundability, but few studies have quantified this relationship. In rural Bangladesh, where newlywed couples face strong pressures to become pregnant, we assessed fecundability, estimated by ...