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A longitudinal study of fruit juice consumption during preschool years and subsequent diet quality and BMI

Researchers at Boston University School of Medicine determined through a longitudinal study that pre-school consumption of 100% fruit juice is associated with beneficial effects on fruit intake and diet quality without having any adverse effects on BMI during childhood and adolescence.

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BMC Nutrition is an open access, peer-reviewed journal that considers articles on all aspects of nutritional sciences, including public health nutrition and global interventions, nutritional epidemiology, the biological underpinnings of nutrition in the body, clinical nutrition, health and nutrition throughout the lifecourse, and dietary supplementation for improvement in health and performance. The journal also welcomes papers on developments in nutritional research tools and novel technologies.

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Effect of iron fortification on anaemia and risk of malaria among Ghanaian pre-school children with haemoglobinopathies and different ABO blood groups

Authors: Samuel Kofi Tchum, Samuel Asamoah Sakyi, Fareed Arthur, Bright Adu, Latifatu Alhassan Abubakar, Felix Boakye Oppong, Francis Dzabeng, Benjamin Amoani, Thomas Gyan and Kwaku Poku Asante

Content type: Research 23 March 2023
Association of main meal quality index with the odds of metabolic syndrome in Iranian adults: a cross-sectional study

Authors: Amin Mirrafiei, Mohaddeseh Hasanzadeh, Fatemeh Sheikhhossein, Maryam Majdi¹, Kurosh Djafarian and Sakineh Shab-Bidar

Content type: Research 21 March 2023
Factors associated with stunting: gut inflammation and child and maternal-related contributors among under-five children in Hawassa City, Sidama Region, Ethiopia

Authors: Berhanu Kibemo Lefebo, Dejene Hailu Kassa and Baye Gelaw Tarekegn

Content type: Research 21 March 2023
Association between gastric cancer and the intake of different types of iron and meats

Authors: Saba Narmcheshm, Fatemeh Toorang, Bahareh Sasanfar, Maryam hadji, Sahar Rostami and Kazem Zendehdel

Content type: Research 21 March 2023
Dietary diversity and micronutrients adequacy among the women of reproductive age at St. Martin’s island in Bangladesh

Authors: Md. Hafizul Islam, Ahmed Jubayer, Abira Nowar, Md. Moniruzzaman Nayan and Saiful Islam

Content type: Research 21 March 2023

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Household dietary diversity and associated factors among residents of finote selam town, north west Ethiopia: a cross sectional study

Authors: Getnet Mekuria, Yalewsew Wubneh and Tilahun Tewabe

Content type: Research article 21 March 2017
Vitamin C ameliorates tetrahydrocannabinol-induced spermatotoxicity in-vitro

Authors: Abdullateef Isiaka Alagbonsi and Luqman Aribidesi Olayaki

Content type: Research article 24 November 2020
Nutrition knowledge, attitude and practices among urban primary school children in Nairobi City, Kenya: a KAP study

Authors: Dorcus Mbithe D. Kigaru, Cornelia Loechl, Thabisile Moleah, C. W. Macharia-Mutie and Zipporah W. Ndungu

Content type: Research article 29 December 2015
Weight-for-height and mid-upper-arm circumference should be used independently to diagnose acute malnutrition: policy implications

Authors: Emmanuel Grellety and Michael H. Golden

Content type: Research article 5 February 2016
Factors associated with malnutrition in children < 5 years in western Kenya: a hospital-based unmatched case control study

Authors: Edwin Gudu, Mark Obonyo, Victor Omballa, Elvis Oyugi, Cecilia Kiilu, Jane Githuku, Zeinab Gura and James Ransom

Content type: Research article 29 July 2020

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Effect of iron fortification on anaemia and risk of malaria among Ghanaian pre-school children with haemoglobinopathies and different ABO blood groups

Association of main meal quality index with the odds of metabolic syndrome in Iranian adults: a cross-sectional study

Factors associated with stunting: gut inflammation and child and maternal-related contributors among under-five children in Hawassa City, Sidama Region, Ethiopia

Association between gastric cancer and the intake of different types of iron and meats

Dietary diversity and micronutrients adequacy among the women of reproductive age at St. Martin’s island in Bangladesh

Household dietary diversity and associated factors among residents of finote selam town, north west Ethiopia: a cross sectional study

Vitamin C ameliorates tetrahydrocannabinol-induced spermatotoxicity in-vitro

Nutrition knowledge, attitude and practices among urban primary school children in Nairobi City, Kenya: a KAP study

Weight-for-height and mid-upper-arm circumference should be used independently to diagnose acute malnutrition: policy implications

Factors associated with malnutrition in children < 5 years in western Kenya: a hospital-based unmatched case control study

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