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Hur J, Schulze K, Thorne-Lyman A, Wu L, Shaikh S, Ali H, et al.
PLoS One . 2021 Apr; 16(4):e0247762. PMID: 33798230
This study aimed to describe the timing and patterns of pubertal maturation of girls living in rural Bangladesh. Starting in September 2015, a total of 15,320 girls from a birth...
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Horino M, Bahar L, Al-Jadba G, Habash R, Akihiro S, West Jr K
Food Nutr Bull . 2020 Nov; 41(4):503-511. PMID: 33131324
Palestine refugees comprise the largest refugee population in the world, most of whom are encamped in Middle Eastern countries. In the Gaza Strip, where ∼1.4 million Palestinians reside, there are...
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Angela K, Thorne-Lyman A, Manohar S, Shrestha B, Klemm R, Adhikari R, et al.
Food Nutr Bull . 2020 Jun; 41(2):152-166. PMID: 32522131
Background: Preschool child anthropometric status has been assessed nationally in Nepal since 1975, with semi-decadal surveys since 1996, plus several recent, short-interval surveys to track progress toward achieving a World...
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Campbell R, Shaikh S, Schulze K, Arguello M, Ali H, Wu L, et al.
Nutrients . 2020 May; 12(5). PMID: 32443412
Four fortified complementary food supplements (CFSs) in a randomized controlled trial (RCT) were found to improve childhood linear growth in rural Bangladesh. We hypothesized children receiving these supplements would have...
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Hur J, West Jr K, Shamim A, Rashid M, Labrique A, Wu L, et al.
Matern Child Nutr . 2020 Mar; 16(3):e12985. PMID: 32207581
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 time to...
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Khan F, Mullany L, Wu L, Ali H, Shaikh S, Alland K, et al.
BMJ Glob Health . 2020 Mar; 5(1):e001983. PMID: 32133171
Objective: To assess the extent to which maternal histories of newborn danger signs independently or combined with birth weight and/or gestational age (GA) can capture and/or predict postsecond day (age>48 ...
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Thorne-Lyman A, Parajuli K, Paudyal N, Chitekwe S, Shrestha R, Manandhar D, et al.
Matern Child Nutr . 2020 Feb; 18 Suppl 1:e12954. PMID: 32108438
Nepal has a rich history of vitamin A research and a national, biannual preschool vitamin A supplementation (VAS) programme that has sustained high coverage for 25 years despite many challenges,...
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Broaddus-Shea E, Manohar S, Thorne-Lyman A, Bhandari S, Nonyane B, Winch P, et al.
Nutrients . 2020 Jan; 12(1). PMID: 31963752
Animal source foods (ASF) provide nutrients essential to child growth and development yet remain infrequently consumed in rural Nepal. Agriculture and nutrition programs aim to increase ASF intake among children...
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Hadi H, Nurwanti E, Gittelsohn J, Arundhana A, Astiti D, West Jr K, et al.
Nutrients . 2020 Jan; 12(1). PMID: 31936306
The nutrition transition in low-middle income countries is marked by rising intakes of highly caloric, low nutrient-dense (junk) foods, decreasing intakes of fruits and vegetables, and sedentary behavior. The objective...
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Thorne-Lyman A, Shaikh S, Mehra S, Wu L, Ali H, Alland K, et al.
Ann N Y Acad Sci . 2019 Aug; 1468(1):3-15. PMID: 31403718
Little is known of the usual food intakes of rural adolescents in South Asia. This study describes dietary patterns, based on >91,000 7-day food frequencies among 30,702 girls and boys,...