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Maternal nutritional status mediates the linkage between household food insecurity and mid-infancy size in rural Bangladesh
(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, ...
Prevalence of and Factors Associated with Insufficient Physical Activity Among Adolescents: Evidence from the National Nutrition Surveillance Study
(Oxford Academic, 2020-05-29)
Objectives: The World Health Organization (WHO) set a target
of 15% relative reduction of the prevalence of insufficient physical
activity (IPA) by 2025 among adolescents and adults globally. In
Bangladesh, there is no ...
Double burden of malnutrition among elderly people in Bangladesh: Evidence from the National Nutrition Surveillance Study
(Oxford Academic, 2020-06)
Objectives:
Double burden of malnutrition (DBM), referred as the coexistence of undernutrition and overnutrition, is an evolving public health concern. There is a paucity of data about DBM among elderly people in ...
Noncommunicable disease risk factors among adolescent boys and girls in Bangladesh: Evidence from a National survey
(Osong public health and research perspectives, 2020-12-11)
Objectives: To assess the prevalence of noncommunicable disease (NCD) risk factors and the factors
associated with the coexistence of multiple risk factors (≥ 2 risk factors) among adolescent boys and
girls in ...
Supplementation with fortified lipid-based and blended complementary foods has variable impact on body composition among Rural Bangladeshi children: A cluster-randomized controlled trial
(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 ...
Dietary practices of men in Bangladesh: Evidence from the National Nutrition Surveillance
(Oxford Academic, 2020-06)
Objectives:
Bangladesh has a paucity of information about the dietary practices of adult men. In the recently completed round of the national nutrition surveillance (NNS 2018–2019), we explored the dietary practices of ...
Elderly women are disproportionately vulnerable to hypertension in Bangladesh: Evidence from the National Nutrition Surveillance Study
(Oxford Academic, 2020-06)
Objectives:
Bangladesh has a dearth of information on the prevalence and factors associated with hypertension among elderlies. We assessed the prevalence, sex differences in prevalence, and factors associated with ...
Prevalence of Non-communicable disease risk factors among adolescent girls and boys in Bangladesh: Evidence from the National Nutrition Surveillance Study
(Oxford Academic, 2020-06)
Objectives:
Non-communicable diseases (NCD) and their risk factors have become a major public health problem worldwide. Understanding NCD risk factors among adolescents is important as many risk behaviors start in this ...
Thinness and fecundability: Time to pregnancy after adolescent marriage in rural Bangladesh
(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 ...
Inadequate dietary diversity and Its determinants among adolescent girls and boys: Evidence from the National Nutrition surveillance study in Bangladesh
(Oxford Academic, 2020-05-29)
Objectives:
Bangladesh is experiencing triple burden of malnutrition among adolescents, which may be associated with inadequate dietary diversity (IDD). In the recently completed round of the national nutrition surveillance ...