Journal article

Jan 30 2016

The Lancet Series: Breastfeeding

The Lancet Breastfeeding Series, the largest and most comprehensive analysis to quantify levels, trends, and benefits of breastfeeding around the world.

Journal article

Jan 11 2016

Willingness to pay for lipid based nutritional supplements for young children in four urban sites of Ethiopia (Segrè, J., 2016. Maternal & Child Nutrition)

The goal of this project was to assess the willingness of parents and caregivers of children under the age of 5 to purchase a lipid-based nutrient supplement (LNS) for their children on a weekly basis.

Journal article

Aug 27 2015

The impact of marketing of breast milk substitutes (BMS) on WHO-recommended breastfeeding practices

The goal of this paper was to document and describe sales and marketing of breast-milk substitutes (BMS) and their influence on World Health Organization-recommended breastfeeding behaviors, focusing on low- and middle-income countries.

Journal article

Jul 07 2015

Scaling up impact on nutrition: What will it take?

This paper included a literature review and four case studies (including A&T work in Bangladesh) on large-scale nutrition programs with proven impact.

Journal article

May 01 2014

Linear growth increased in young children in an urban slum of Haiti: a randomized controlled trial of a lipid-based nutrient supplement (Iannotti I., 2014. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition)

The aim of this project was to test the efficacy of a lipid-based nutrient supplement (LNS) on infants 6 to 11 months in Haiti. The LNS provided 108 kcal and vitamin A, vitamin B-12, iron, and zinc (80 % of the recommended amounts).

 
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