Resultados de búsqueda - children’s health

Uteförskola por Andersson, Birgitta

“…Child on preschool outdoors often stays healthy and children on preschool outdoors have the chance to seek up shadows places to cover them from the sun in the spring and at summertime, to eliminate the risk to get skin cancer. …”
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Zinc enriched wheat, maize and rice grain: Specification por Reinberg, Chelsea, Walton, Jenny, Pfeiffer, Wolfgang H., Boy, Erick, Taleon, Victor, Virk, Parminder

“…Zinc is an essential micronutrient that is important for several functions in the body, including: growth and development; immune system function; reproductive health; and healthy body tissues. When consumed daily, zinc enriched maize, rice and wheat could contribute 35% to 80% of daily zinc needs for women and young children.…”
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Biofortification Prioritization Index (BPI) por HarvestPlus

“…The BPI focuses on the three key micronutrients (vitamin A, iron, and zinc) that the World Health Organization deems among the most limiting in diets. …”
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West African agriculture and climate change: A comprehensive analysis - Guinea por Condé, Sidafa, Jalloh, Abdulai, Nelson, Gerald C., Thomas, Timothy S.

“…The improvement in these indicators may be attributed to improved health conditions, particularly vaccination of children, as well as the benefits of economic liberalization.…”
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Post-harvest use of banana in Uganda and Tanzania: Product characteristics and cultivar preferences of male and female farmers por Marimo, Pricilla, Karamura, D., Tumuhimbise, Robooni, Shimwela, M.M., Bergh, Inge van den, Batte, M., Massawe, C., Okurut, A.W., Mbongo, D.B., Crichton, R.

“…However, women (73% of women only FGDs) specifically highlighted health benefits attached to women, for example after giving birth, during pregnancy, during lactation and for children; compared to 44% for men. …”
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More is not enough: High quantity and high quality antenatal care are both needed to prevent low birthweight in South Asia por Neupane, Sumanta, Scott, Samuel P., Piwoz, Ellen, Kim, Sunny S., Menon, Purnima, Nguyen, Phuong Hong

“…We used Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) data from Afghanistan (2015), Bangladesh (2018), India (2016), Nepal (2016), Pakistan (2018) and Sri Lanka (2016) (n = 146,284 children <5y). …”
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Energiomsättning och energigivande näringsämnen hos överviktiga barn och ungdomar por Malmborg, Emelina

Food prices, household income, and resource allocation: Socioeconomic perspectives on their effects on dietary quality and nutritional status por Bouis, Howarth E., Eozenou, Patrick, Rahman, Aminur

“…Not only does this reduce dietary quality, but expenditures for health, sanitation, and education will decline, all of which will have a detrimental effect on health and nutrition outcomes.To provide some perspectives on the role of major socioeconomic factors in driving health and nutrition outcomes.We use demand elasticity parameters estimated from household-level survey data to simulate an increase in food prices, which is then mapped into energy and nutrient intakes. …”
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Unlocking opportunities for planet-friendly school meals por Gelli, Aulo, Ruel, Marie T.

“…Evidence suggests a strong link between the quality of school meals, children’s health, and both nutrition and education outcomes. …”
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2014 Global Nutrition Report Dataset por International Food Policy Research Institute

“…The data are compiled from secondary sources including United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), World Health Organization (WHO), and the World Bank among many others. …”
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2015 Global Nutrition Report Dataset por International Food Policy Research Institute

“…The data are compiled from secondary sources including United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), World Health Organization (WHO), and the World Bank (WB) among many others. …”
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Costly posturing: relative status, ceremonies and early child development in China por Chen, Xi, Zhang, Xiaobo

“…For pregnant women in poor families, such a reduction in nutrition intake as a result of gift-giving can have a lasting detrimental health impact on their children.…”
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The potential of genetically modified food crops to improve human nutrition in developing countries por Bouis, Howarth E.

“…One way that biotechnology can help to improve the nutrition and health of consumers in developing countries is by increasing the vitamin and mineral content and their bioavailability in staple foods.…”
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COVID-19 and food security in Ethiopia: Do social protection programs protect? por Abay, Kibrom A., Berhane, Guush, Hoddinott, John F., Tafere, Kibrom

“…This paper assesses the impact of Ethiopia's flagship social protection program, the Productive Safety Net Program on the adverse impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the food and nutrition security of households, mothers, and children. The analysis uses pre-pandemic, in-person household survey data and a post-pandemic phone survey. …”
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Bargaining power, decision making, and biofortification: The role of gender in adoption of orange sweet potato in Uganda por Gilligan, Daniel O., Kumar, Neha, McNiven, Scott, Meenakshi, J. V., Quisumbing, Agnes R.

“…Women who control a higher share of household nonland resources are more likely to share OPS vines, showing that women use greater bargaining power to facilitate diffusion of this health-promoting technology. We do not find any impact of women’s bargaining power on children’s dietary intakes of Vitamin A, possibly because husbands and wives have the same preferences regarding their children’s nutritional status. …”
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Women's empowerment and child nutritional status in South Asia: A synthesis of the literature por Cunningham, Kenda, Ruel, Marie T., Ferguson, Elaine, Uauy, Ricardo

“…Women's disempowerment is hypothesised to contribute to high rates of undernutrition among South Asian children. However, evidence for this relationship has not been systematically reviewed. …”
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Anticipatory action simulation on flood hazard: case study of Matara District, Sri Lanka por Alahacoon, Niranga, Amarasinghe, H., Indrasena, R., Gunasundara, W., Kaushalya, C., Nethmi, K., De Silva, R., Amarnath, Giriraj

“…During the Active Phase, actions included mock cash assistance, first-aid demonstrations, focused support for vulnerable groups, and establishing safe spaces for children. Evacuation drills were conducted efficiently, with families relocating to shelters and engaging in camp management activities coordinated by disaster management officials and Family Health Officers. …”
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Destocking as an emergency drought mitigation measure: lessons learned from the 2005 'Turkana emergency livestock off-take' intervention por Watson, D.J., Binsbergen, J. van

“…It consisted of purchasing drought-affected goats from pastoralists in the worse affected parts of the district and donating them to local schools and health centres, where the resulting meat was to be used to supplement the diet of students and in-patients. …”
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The acceptability of dietary tools to improve maternal and child nutrition in Western Kenya por Kram, N., Melgen, S., Kedera, E., Collison, D.K., Colton, J., Blount, W., Grant, F., Girard, Amy W.

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Djur på schemat por Swahn, Andrea

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