Browsing Tahmeed J. Ahmed by Title

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    • Cluster-randomised controlled trials of individual and combined water, sanitation, hygiene and nutritional interventions in rural Bangladesh and Kenya: the WASH benefits study design and rationale 

      F. Arnold, Benjamin; Null, Clair; P. Luby, Stephen; Unicomb, Leanne; Ahmed, Tahmeed; Ashraf, Sania; Christensen, Garret; Clasen, Thomas; Dentz, Holly N.; Fernald, Lia C H; Haque, Rashidul; Hubbard, Alan E.; Kariger, Patricia; Leontsini, Elli; Lin, Audrie; Njenga, Sammy M.; Pickering, Amy J.; Ram, Pavani K.; Stewart, Christine P.; Dewey, Kathryn G.; Tofail, Fahmida; Winch, Peter J; Jr, John M Colford (© 2013 BMJ Open, 2013)
      Introduction: Enteric infections are common during the first years of life in low-income countries and contribute to growth faltering with long-term impairment of health and development. Water quality, sanitation, handwashing ...

    • Community-based management of acute malnutrition in Bangladesh: feasibility and constraints 

      Choudhury, Nuzhat; Ahmed, Tahmeed; Hossain, Md Iqbal; Mandal, Barendra Nath; Mothabbir, Golam; Rahman, Mustafizur; Islam, M Munirul; Husain, Mohammad Mushtuq; Nargis, Makhduma; Rahman, Ekhlasur (© 2014 United Nations University Press, 2014)
      Background. To achieve the United Nations Millennium Development Goals, particularly reduction in child mortality (Millennium Development Goal 4), effective interventions to address severe and moderate acute malnutrition ...

    • 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 ...

    • Effect of a food supplementation and psychosocial stimulation trial for severely malnourished children on the level of maternal depressive symptoms in Bangladesh 

      Nahar, Baitun; Hossain, Iqbal; D. Hamadani, Jena; T, Ahmed; Persson, Lena (© 2015 Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2015)
      Background: Maternal depression is associated with poor child development and growth in low-income countries. This paper evaluates the effect of a community-based trial providing psychosocial stimulation and food supplements ...

    • Food adulteration and consumer awareness in Dhaka city, 1995-2011 

      Nasreen, Sharifa; Ahmed, Tahmeed (© 2014 International Center for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, 2014)
      We conducted this study to investigate the magnitude of food adulteration during 1995-2011 and consumer awareness in Dhaka city. We reviewed results of food sample testing by Public Health Food Laboratory of Dhaka City ...

    • Nutrition of children and women in Bangladesh: trends and directions for the future 

      Ahmed, Tahmeed; Mahfuz, Mustafa; Ireen, Santhia; Ahmed, A. M. Shamsir; Rahman, Sabuktagin; Islam, M Munirul; Alam, Nurul; Hossain, Md Iqbal; Rahman, S M Mustafizur; Ali, M Mohsin; Choudhury, Fatima Perveen; Cravioto, Alejandro (© 2012 Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition, 2012)
      Although child and maternal malnutrition has been reduced in Bangladesh, the prevalence of underweight (weight-for-age z-score <-2) among children aged less than five years is still high (41%). Nearly one-third of women ...

    • Prevalence of exclusive breastfeeding and associated factors among mothers in rural Bangladesh: a cross-sectional study 

      Joshi, Prakash Chandra; Angdembe, Mirak Raj; Das, Sumon Kumar; Ahmed, Shahnawaz; Faruque, Abu Syed Golam; Ahmed, Tahmeed (© 2014 BioMed Central Ltd., 2014)
      Background: Exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) means that the infant receives only breast milk for the first six months of life after birth. In Bangladesh, the prevalence of EBF remained largely unchanged for nearly two decades ...

    • Severe acute malnutrition in Asia 

      Ahmed, Tahmeed; Hossain, Muttaquina; Mahfuz, Mustafa; Choudhury, Nuzhat; Hossain, Mir Mobarak; Bhandari, Nita; Lin, Maung Maung; Joshi, Prakash Chandra; Angdembe, Mirak Raj; Wickramasinghe, V. Pujitha; Hossain, S. M. Moazzem; Shahjahan, Mohammad; Irianto, Sugeng Eko; Soofi, Sajid; Bhutta, Zulfiqar (© 2014 United Nations University Press, 2014-06-01)
      Severe acute malnutrition (SAM) is a common condition that kills children and intellectually maims those who survive. Close to 20 million children under the age of 5 years suffer from SAM globally, and about 1 million of ...

    • Undernutrition, vitamin A and iron deficiency are associated with impaired intestinal mucosal permeability in young Bangladeshi children assessed by lactulose/mannitol test 

      Hossain, Md Iqbal; Haque, Rashidul; Mondal, Dinesh; Mahfuz, Mustafa; Ahmed, Am Shamsir; Islam, Mohammad Munirul; Guerrant, Richard Littleton; Petri, William Arthur; Ahmed, Tahmeed J. (© 2017 Public Library of Science, 2016-12)
      Background: Lactulose/mannitol (L:M) test has been used as a non-invasive marker of intestinal mucosal-integrity and -permeability (enteropathy). We investigated the association of enteropathy with anthropometrics, ...