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Improving child nutrition / Améliorer l’état nutritionnel des enfants

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Nutrition for health and socioeconomic development in Sub-Saharan Africa : final technical report

Lartey, Anna; Marquis, Grace S. (2014-08-09)

Objectives to improve child nutrition in Ghana have been accomplished thus far through training activities, establishment of the University of Ghana’s Nutrition Research and Training Centre, graduate training for 5 PhD and ...
Report of the Ghana School Survey Results Dissemination workshop, Accra, Ghana, September 2012

Lartey, Anna (Department of Nutrition and Food Science, University of Ghana, Legon, GH, 2012)

During the transition period from childhood to adolescence, poor dietary habits are often established which are hard to reverse later in life. Evidence suggests that early child nutrition sets the stage for adult chronic ...
Is a Peruvian mother's new pregnancy associated with changes in the dietary intakes of her breastfeeding child?

Verney, Allison (School of Dietetics and Human Nutrition, McGill University, 2011)

The study documents associations between the practice of breastfeeding during pregnancy and the dietary intake of infants and young children. Adequate dietary intake is essential for growth and development during this ...
Tackling poverty through private sector microcredit programs in Ghana : does infant and young child nutrition improve?

Friesen, Valerie M. (School of Dietetics and Human Nutrition, McGill University, 2012)

Private sector activities such as microcredit (MC) may play a role in improving the diet of infants and young children in Ghana; however, added nutrition education may be necessary to see improvements in child growth. ...
Maternal and child nutrition is the keystone for integrated approaches to international development

Marquis, Grace S (2011-06-03)
Postpartum nutrition education services for HIV-positive Ghanaian women are scarce despite their increased risk of weight loss

Chehayber, Hoda (School of Dietetics and Human Nutrition, McGill University, 2011-06)

HIV-P women may need individualized nutrition counseling to help them maintain a normal weight during the postpartum period. Predictors of weight change throughout the first year postpartum were examined using data from ...

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