Impact of Harvest Lentil Vegetable Blend and Nutrition Education on Child Growth, Caregivers' Nutrition Knowledge, and WASH Practices.

Objective: To assess the changes in child nutrition status, caregivers' knowledge, and water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) practices following the provision of Harvest Lentil Vegetable Blend to children and a nutrition education intervention to their caregivers.

Design: Three-week pretest-posttest study.

Setting: Turkana, Kenya.

Animal source food consumption practice and factors associated among infant and young children from selected rural districts in Ethiopia: A cross-sectional study.

Background: Children are recommended to consume animal source foods (ASF) as part of diversified diets. However, ASF consumption practice of infant and young children (IYC) is less studied and contributing factors are not exhaustively identified. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to assess consumption of ASF and identify associated factors among 6-23 months old IYC from selected rural districts in Ethiopia.

Nutritional compositions and bioactive compounds of "Shameta", A traditional home made fermented porridge provided exclusively to lactating mothers in the western part of Ethiopia.

In developing countries, fermentation is one of the traditional food processing methods for production of relatively safe and nutritious foods. Among many fermented foods in Ethiopia, " is one of the locally produced and consumed cereal-based fermented porridge mainly used to support strength and recovery of lactating women after birth. However, even though the product is consumed for years, so far, the nutritional composition and bioactive compounds of the porridge not yet scientifically determined.

Lack of calcium rich foods in the diet, low knowledge on calcium level recommendations and severe food insecurity predicts low calcium intake among Vietnamese women.

Objective: To assess nutrition knowledge related to osteoporosis and calcium, osteoporosis health beliefs, dietary calcium intake and household food insecurity among adult women in Vietnam.

Methods: Two hundred fifty-one women aged 30-65 years living in a rural district in Hanoi -Vietnam were recruited. A questionnaire was used to collect information on nutrition knowledge related to osteoporosis and calcium intake, health beliefs, household food security, and dietary calcium intake.

The influence of frequent consumption of foods-away-from-home on the total diet quality and weight status among faculty and staff.

To assess the dietary quality and determine the influence of food-away-from-home (FAFH) on dietary quality and weight status among faculty and staff. Faculty and staff ( = 152) from a public university completed an online Food Frequency Questionnaire. Number of FAFH consumed per week, dietary intakes, dietary quality as assessed by the Healthy Eating Index (HEI)-2015, and body mass index (BMI) were measured.

The effect of time use and food cost on dietary quality.

Objective: To develop a questionnaire to measure food nutrition, food expenditures and time spent in food-related activities; and to assess the association between diet quality, time spent in food-related activities and food expenditures using data from a pilot study.

Design: Cross-sectional study. Multiple linear regression models were used to analyse participants' survey response behaviours and the relationship between food nutritional quality and time and money expenditures.

Factors that contribute to effective online nutrition education interventions: a systematic review.

Context: The use of the internet and technology as a medium for delivering online nutrition education (ONE) has increased; however, evidence-based studies exploring factors that contribute to best practices in online interventions have not emerged.

Objective: The purpose of this systematic review was to identify factors that contributed to successful ONE interventions in relation to research studies published between 2009 and 2018.

Data Sources: Following the PRISMA guidelines, relevant studies were identified through PubMed, Medline, Web of Science, Science Direct, and Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) databases.

Compliance with school nutrition policy in Saudi Arabia: a quantitative study.

Background: An evidence-based school nutrition policy that helps increase the availability and accessibility of healthy foods is needed in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Aims: This study investigated the compliance of selected schools with Saudi nutrition policy and assessed the nutritional value of food offered in such schools using the Institute of Medicine (IOM) standards.

Methods: A total of 76 boys public high schools were randomly selected from four areas in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Factors that contribute to effective nutrition education interventions in children: a systematic review.

Context: Establishing healthy dietary practices at an early age is crucial, as dietary behaviors in childhood track to adulthood.

Objective: The purpose of this systematic review was to identify factors associated with successful nutrition education interventions conducted in children and published between 2009 and 2016.

Data Sources: Using the PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis) guidelines, relevant studies were identified through the PubMed, Web of Science, ScienceDirect, and ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center) databases.

Effective nutrition education and communication for sustainable maternal and child health.

Maternal and child health (MCH) consists of an interdependent reproductive system that collectively determines the survival of the mother during childbirth, and determines the health and survival of the child. This interdependency underscores the importance of appropriate and timely interventions during pregnancy through the first 1000 d at the minimum. The Millennium Development Goals (MDG) recommended the use of the continuum of care for the development of interventions by addressing all the stages of MCH.

Factors Influencing Efficacy of Nutrition Education Interventions: A Systematic Review.

Objective: To examine systematically factors that contribute to the efficacy of nutrition education interventions in promoting behavior change for good health based on their stated objective. In a departure from previous reviews, the researchers investigated factors that lead to success of various types of interventions. Critical analysis of these factors constituted the outcome of this review.

Prevalence of Food Insecurity in Low-Income Neighborhoods in West Texas.

Objective: To determine the prevalence of food insecurity and the coping strategies and to investigate the role of safety nets among low-income households in urban and rural west Texas.

Design: The Core Food Security Module, an 18-item scale, was used in a cross-sectional purposeful convenience sample comparing rural and urban households, whereas the demographic survey assessed participation in food assistance/safety net programs.

Setting: Rural and urban neighborhoods in west Texas.

Fostering healthy lifestyles in the African American population.

Approximately 8.3% of the U.S.

Multiple point-of-testing nutrition counseling sessions reduce risk factors for chronic disease among older adults.

The objectives of this study were to explore the relationships of baseline dietary intakes and frequency of attendance at point-of-testing nutrition counseling sessions to selected risk factors for chronic diseases during a 3-year intervention. This study was part of a large multidisciplinary, community-based health outreach project conducted in a rural community of northern Louisiana. Screenings, point-of-testing counseling, weekly group exercise sessions, and group nutrition education sessions were provided over a period of 3 years.

From controlled trial to community adoption: the multisite translational community trial.

Methods for translating the findings of controlled trials, such as the Diabetes Prevention Program, into real-world community application have not been clearly defined. A standardized research methodology for making and evaluating such a transition is needed. We introduce the multisite translational community trial (mTCT) as the research analog to the multisite randomized controlled trial.