Richard D. Semba, Saskia de Pee, Kai Sun, Mayang Sari et al.
Background Child stunting is associated with poor child development and increased mortality. Our aim was to determine the effect of length of maternal and paternal education on stunting in children under the age of 5 years. Methods Data for indicators of child growth and of parental education and so...
Jee Hyun Rah, Nasima Akhter, Richard D. Semba, Saskia de Pee et al.
Background/objectives Dietary diversity is associated with overall quality and nutrient adequacy of the diet in low-income countries. We determined the association between dietary diversity and stunting among children aged 6-59 months in rural Bangladesh. Subjects/methods In total, 165 111 under-fiv...
Andrew Thorne‐Lyman, Natalie Valpiani, Kai Sun, Richard D. Semba et al.
In Bangladesh, rice prices are known to be positively associated with the prevalence of child underweight and inversely associated with household nongrain food expenditures, an indicator of dietary quality. The collection of reliable data on household expenditures is relatively time consuming and re...
Vanessa M. Oddo, Jee Hyun Rah, Richard D. Semba, Kai Sun et al.
Background Many developing countries now face the double burden of malnutrition, defined as the coexistence of a stunted child and overweight mother within the same household. Objective This study sought to estimate the prevalence of the double burden of malnutrition and to identify associated mater...
Ashley A. Campbell, Saskia de Pee, Kai Sun, Klaus Kraemer et al.
In Bangladesh, poor rural families often deal with high food costs by purchasing primarily rice. Our objective was to characterize the relationship between household expenditure on rice and nonrice foods with maternal and child malnutrition. Food expenditure data and anthropometry were obtained in a...
Kerry Schulze, Parul Christian, Ingo Ruczinski, Amanda L. Ray et al.
Although hepcidin, a recently discovered peptide hormone, is considered a major regulator of iron metabolism and anemia in chronic inflammation, its role in anemia during pregnancy has not been characterized. Our objective was to characterize the role of hepcidin in anemia during pregnancy. We exami...
Cora M. Best, Kai Sun, Saskia de Pee, Martin W. Bloem et al.
Objectives We investigated the relation between parental tobacco use and malnutrition in children Methods Tobacco use, child anthropometry, and other factors were examined in a stratified, multistage cluster sample of 77 678 households from the Bangladesh Nutrition Surveillance Project (2005-2006). ...
Richard D. Semba, Saskia de Pee, Kai Sun, Nasima Akhter et al.
Vitamin A supplementation reduces child morbidity, mortality, and blindness. The coverage of the national vitamin A programme and risk factors for not receiving vitamin A were characterized using data from the Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey 2004. Of 3,745 children aged 18-59 months, 3,237 ...
Ashley A. Campbell, Nasima Akhter, Kai Sun, Saskia de Pee et al.
OBJECTIVE: To examine the relationship between homestead food production and night blindness among pre-school children in rural Bangladesh in the presence of a national vitamin A supplementation programme. DESIGN: A cross-sectional study. SETTING: A population-based sample of six rural divisions of ...
Vanessa M. Oddo, Jee Hyun Rah, Richard D. Semba, Kai Sing Sun et al.
BACKGROUND: Many developing countries now face the double burden of malnutrition, defined as the coexistence of a stunted child and overweight mother within the same household. OBJECTIVE: This study sought to estimate the prevalence of the double burden of malnutrition and to identify associated mat...