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  • Open Access
40 Citations
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23 Pages

Assessment of Dietary Intake and Nutrient Gaps, and Development of Food-Based Recommendations, among Pregnant and Lactating Women in Zinder, Niger: An Optifood Linear Programming Analysis

  • K. Ryan Wessells,
  • Rebecca R. Young,
  • Elaine L. Ferguson,
  • Césaire T. Ouédraogo and ,
  • M. Thierno Faye and
  • Sonja Y. Hess
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

2 January 2019

Pregnant and lactating women in rural Niger are at high risk for inadequate intakes of multiple micronutrients. Thus, 24 h dietary recalls were conducted and analyzed for dietary intakes in this population (n = 202). Using linear programming analyses...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Micronutrients Intake and Status during Pregnancy and Lactation)
  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
6,469 Views
16 Pages

Identifying Dietary Strategies to Improve Nutrient Adequacy among Ethiopian Infants and Young Children Using Linear Modelling

  • Aregash Samuel,
  • Saskia J. M. Osendarp,
  • Elaine Ferguson,
  • Karin Borgonjen and ,
  • Brenda M. Alvarado,
  • Lynnette M. Neufeld,
  • Abdulaziz Adish,
  • Amha Kebede and
  • Inge D. Brouwer
  • + 4 authors+ 0 author

24 June 2019

Nutrient adequacy of young children’s diet and best possible strategies to improve nutrient adequacy were assessed. Data from the Ethiopian National Food Consumption Survey were analysed using Optifood (software for linear programming) to ident...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Complementary Feeding in Infants)
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
5,211 Views
17 Pages

25 September 2023

The objective of this study is to identify problem nutrients and to develop food-based recommendations (FBRs) and nutrient-dense menus based on the nutrient gaps. This study was conducted among male workers (n = 31) in an oil and gas worksite in East...

(This article belongs to the Section Nutrition and Public Health)