We automatically associate hunger with not having enough to eat. We have all seen images of acutely undernourished people in disaster areas, and almost one billion people around the world are undernourished. However, not having enough to eat is only part of the problem of hunger. What experts refer to as ‘hidden hunger’ attracts less attention because it does not produce dramatic images, yet wh...

For at least 65 years, nutritionists, physicians, and publichealth policy-makers have studied the impact of food supplementation to pregnant women who are undernourished or otherwise at risk for adverse pregnancy outcomes (1). Most of these studies on feeding supplementation have targeted an increase in the birthweight of the offspring, based on the well-established relationship between higher ...

OBJECTIVE To validate food photographs for food portion size estimation of frequently consumed dishes, to be used in a 24-hour recall food consumption study of pregnant women in a rural environment in Burkina Faso. This food intake study is part of an intervention evaluating the efficacy of prenatal micronutrient supplementation on birth outcomes. SUBJECTS Women of childbearing age (15-45 yea...

'Discretionary fortification' refers to the addition of vitamins and minerals to foods at the discretion of manufacturers for marketing purposes, but not as part of a planned public health intervention. While the nutrients added may correspond to needs in the population, an examination of novel beverages sold in Toronto supermarkets revealed added nutrients for which there is little or no evide...

Micronutrient deficiency affects about 2 billion people all over the world. The major micronutrient deficiencies which are of public health importance include vitamin A, iron and iodine deficiencies. The deficiencies of these micronutrients cause a variety of morbidities and increased mortality which are most severe in children, adolescent girls and pregnant women. Despite the magnitude of thes...

Introduction: There is no comprehensive study on the effect of Folate on food intake therefore the present study was carried out to determine the effect of Folate supplementation on serum concentrations of Leptin and Grehlin and food intake in male Wistar rats. Methods: The study was carried out for 42 days during which the animals were weighed weekly their food and water intakes were measu...

Ingestion of an acute dose of phosphate has been shown to attenuate energy intake in the subsequent meal. This raises the question of whether the practice of phosphate supplementation over a number of days by athletes to enhance performance also influences energy intake. This study investigated the effect of 6 d of phosphate supplementation on appetite and energy intake, as well as aerobic capa...

Athletes frequently suffer from anemia due to rigorous training, reduced food intake (for weight control), and destruction of erythrocytes. Menses can also render anemia improvements problematic. We investigated the effects of a combined supplementation and nutritional counseling intervention in female athletes exhibiting anemic symptoms. Capsules containing heme iron were used for supplementat...

BACKGROUND The effects of prenatal food and micronutrient supplementation on maternal micronutrient status are not well known. OBJECTIVE We compared the efficacy and effectiveness of 3 different micronutrient supplements on maternal micronutrient status when combined with food supplementation. METHODS In the MINIMat (Maternal and Infant Nutrition Intervention, Matlab) trial in Bangladesh, 4...

An operational research was done to explore the effect of targeted food supplementation by comparing the birthweight of the babies of two areas (intervention & nonintervention). This record-based study was carried out in Kapasia and Savar upazila of Dhaka division, relying on the primary organizational data of 565 mothers. In the National Nutrition Program (NNP) area only fifty percent moderate...