Journal: Maternal & Child Nutrition

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Wiley

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1740-8695
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  • Duration of exclusive breastfeeding is a positive predictor of iron status in 6- to 10-month-old infants in rural Kenya
    Item type: Journal Article
    Uyoga, Mary A.; Karanja, Simon; Paganini, Daniela; et al. (2017)
    Maternal & Child Nutrition
  • Iodine status of pregnant women living in urban Johannesburg, South Africa
    Item type: Journal Article
    Siro, Sicelosethu S.; Zandberg, Lizelle; Ngounda, Jennifer; et al. (2022)
    Maternal & Child Nutrition
    Adequate intake of iodine is important during pregnancy because of its essential role in foetal growth and neurodevelopment. Data on iodine status of South African pregnant women are scarce, and the salt reduction policy implemented in 2016 may decrease iodine intake of South Africans. This cross-sectional study assessed the iodine status of pregnant women residing in urban Johannesburg, South Africa. A total of 250 pregnant women were enrolled into the ‘Nutrition during Pregnancy and Early Development’ (NuPED) study and 312 pregnant women into the ‘Assessment of dried blood spot thyroglobulin in pregnant women to redefine the range of median urinary iodine concentration that indicates adequate iodine intake, South Africa’ (STRIPE-SA) study and were included in this analysis. Urinary iodine concentration (UIC) was analysed in a spot urine sample. Thyroglobulin (Tg) was measured in serum, and thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) and total thyroxine (tT4) were measured in dried blood spots. The median [interquartile range (IQR)] UIC of pregnant women was 144 (84–234) μg/L. Women in the first (n = 99), second (n = 262) and third (n = 174) trimester had a median UIC of 133 (81–316), 145 (84–236) and 156 (89–245) μg/L, respectively (p = 0.419). Median TSH, tT4 and Tg were 2.7 (2.3–3.2) mU/L, 202 (163–236) nmol/L and 9.2 (5.4–17.9) μg/L, respectively. Based on the median UIC, pregnant women residing in urban Johannesburg may be borderline iodine deficient. These findings highlight the need for ongoing monitoring of iodine status among vulnerable pregnant women, especially considering the recently introduced salt reduction policy in South Africa.
  • Nutritional status and intestinal parasites among young children from pastoralist communities of the Ethiopian Somali region
    Item type: Journal Article
    Osman, Kadra A.; Zinsstag, Jakob; Tschopp, Rea; et al. (2020)
    Maternal & Child Nutrition
    astoralist children in the Ethiopian Somali Regional State (ESRS) are at high risk for undernutrition and intestinal parasitic infections (IPIs). We assessed the nutritional status and its association with IPIs in 500 children <5 years of age in a clustered cross‐sectional study in Adadle district, ESRS. Stool samples were microscopically examined for IPIs and biomarkers for iron and vitamin A status, anthropometry, and food variety score (FVS) were assessed. Median (interquartile range [IQR]) FVS was 2.0 (2.0, 4.0), and 35% of children were exclusively breastfed up to age 6 months. Prevalence of stunting, wasting, underweight and mid‐upper arm circumference (MUAC) <12.5 cm was 30, 34, 40, and 16%, respectively. Median (IQR) haemoglobin, ferritin, and retinol‐binding protein concentrations were 9.5 g dL‐1 (8.2, 10.9), 6.2 μg L‐1 (4.0, 10.2), and 0.8 μmol L−1 (0.67, 0.91), respectively. Prevalence of anaemia, iron, and vitamin A deficiency was 75, 91, and 30%, respectively. IPIs' prevalence was 47%; the most prevalent IPIs were Giardia lamblia (22%) and Ascaris lumbricoides (15%). Giardial infections but not A. lumbricoides increased the risk for MUAC <12.5 cm (adjusted odds ratio [aOR]: 3.50, 95% confidence interval [CI] [2.21, 5.54]). The odds for anaemia were 97% (aOR: 0.03, 95% CI [0.03, 0.07]) and 89% (aOR: 0.11, 95% CI [0.11, 0.23]) less for children with FVS >2 or with exclusive breastfeeding up to 6 months, respectively. Undernutrition and IPIs are alarmingly high in <5 years of age children in ESRS. Giardial infections and low nutritional adequacy of the diet seem to be major contributing factors to the precarious nutritional status and should be addressed by appropriate interventions.
  • Overweight increases risk of first trimester hypothyroxinaemia in iodine-deficient pregnant women
    Item type: Journal Article
    Gowachirapant, Sueppong; Melse-Boonstra, Alida; Winichagoon, Pattanee; et al. (2014)
    Maternal & Child Nutrition
  • In-home fortification with 2.5 mg iron as NaFeEDTA does not reduce anaemia but increases weight gain: A randomised controlled trial in Kenyan infants
    Item type: Journal Article
    Barth-Jaeggi, Tanja; Moretti, Diego; Kvalsvig, Jane; et al. (2015)
    Maternal & Child Nutrition
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