Background:Iodine is one of the trace elements that are needed for thyroid hormone production and synthesis. Inadequate iodine in the body leads to deficiency of these hormones, which affect the function of vital organs ...

Background: Dietary diversity is defined as the number of different foods or food groups consumed over a given reference period. Malnourished mothers often lack the capacity to effectively combat diseases and provide ...

Background: Growth monitoring (GM) is the process of following the growth rate of a child in comparison with standards using periodic anthropometric measurements. It has positive effects on child growth outcomes by assessing ...

Abstract Introduction: Schoolchildren are vulnerable to undernutrition due to low social status, poor diet, ill health, and inappropriate care. Children with good dietary diversity were associated with a normal body weight. ...

Background: Infant and young child feeding is a cornerstone of care for childhood development. Optimal Infant feeding practice is one of the challenging issues on prevention of mother to child transmission ...

Background: Adequate nutritional status and good dietary intakes during preconception and pregnancy have been recognized as a major contributor to healthy birth outcome. A pregnant mother needs ...

Background: Prevention and treatment of diseases connected to diet are major global concerns. With an accurate assessment of dietary consumption and eating behavior, it should be possible to prevent and ...

ABSTRACT Background: Anemia is a common manifestation of HIV infection, occurring in approximately 30% of patients with asymptomatic HIV and in as much as 75-80% of those with clinical AIDS (1). Anemia in pregnancy is a ...

In this research work, production of bioethanol from a mixture of lignocellulosic biomass brewers’ spent grain (BSG) and sugarcane molasses was investigated to find the optimum conditions that would enable to reduce the ...