Jessica Bogard, Shakuntala H. Thilsted, Geoffrey C. Marks, Md. Abdul Wahab et al.
Fish, in Bangladesh where malnutrition remains a significant development challenge, is an irreplaceable animal-source food in the diet of millions. However, existing data on the nutrient composition of fish do not reflect the large diversity available and have focused on only a few select nutrients....
Jessica Bogard, Sami Farook, Geoffrey C. Marks, Jillian Waid et al.
Malnutrition is one of the biggest challenges of the 21st century, with one in three people in the world malnourished, combined with poor diets being the leading cause of the global burden of disease. Fish is an under-recognised and undervalued source of micronutrients, which could play a more signi...
Jessica Bogard, Anne-Louise Hother, Manika Saha, Sanjoy Bose et al.
BACKGROUND: Within food-based approaches to improve nutrition during the first 1000 days of life, improved formulations of food products and the use of animal source foods, such as fish, are 2 widely cited strategies; however, there are few examples where the 2 strategies are combined. Furthermore, ...
Faruk Ahmed, Moududur Rahman Khan, Mohammad Akhtaruzzaman, Rezaul Karim et al.
Background Although iron deficiency is a major cause of anemia, other micronutrient deficiencies may also play a role. Objective We examined whether multiple micronutrient supplementation is more efficacious than is supplementation with iron and folic acid alone for improving the hemoglobin and iron...
Jessica Bogard, Geoffrey C. Marks, Abdullah Al Mamun, Shakuntala H. Thilsted
OBJECTIVE: Fish is the most important animal-source food (ASF) in Bangladesh, produced from capture fisheries (non-farmed) and aquaculture (farmed) sub-sectors. Large differences in micronutrient content of fish species from these sub-sectors exist. The importance of fish in diets of vulnerable grou...
Dewan S Alam, Geoffrey C. Marks, Abdullah H Baqui, Mohammad Yunus et al.
BACKGROUND: The role of diarrhoea in the aetiology of growth retardation in young children remains controversial. To evaluate this, a population-based, longitudinal study of young children aged 6-48 months was conducted in Matlab, a rural area of Bangladesh, between May 1988 and April 1989. METHODS:...