Faculty of Health Sciences (FHS): Recent submissions
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School snacks containing animal source foods improve dietary quality for children in rural Kenya
(Cancer Research Center of Hawaii, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI, USA.School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles, CADivision of Human Nutrition and Epidemiology, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The NetherlandsSchool of Medicine, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya, 2003)Provision of a snack at school could help alleviate the micronutrient malnutrition that is common among schoolchildren in developing countries. The Child Nutrition Project was designed to compare the efficacy of three ... -
Food supplements have a positive impact on weight gain and the addition of animal source foods increases lean body mass of Kenyan schoolchildren
(Division of Human Nutrition and Epidemiology, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The NetherlandsSchools of Public Health and Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095,Cancer Research Center, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI 96813Department of Pediatrics, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, KenyaDepartment of Gastroenterology, University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands, 2003)Observational studies of dietary patterns and growth and studies with milk supplementation have shown that children consuming diets containing animal source foods grow better. This study evaluates the growth of 544 Kenyan ... -
The impact of dietary intervention on the cognitive development of Kenyan school children
(Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, Neuropsychiatric Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.Departments of Community Health Sciences and Pediatrics, Schools of Public Health and Medicine University of California, Los Angeles, CADepartment of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Nairobi, Kenya,Department of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles, CACancer Research Center of Hawaii, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI, 2003)Previous observational studies in developing countries have suggested that diet quality, particularly increased animal source food (ASF) consumption, is positively associated with child cognitive development. This report ... -
Kenyan school children have multiple micronutrient deficiencies, but increased plasma vitamin B-12 is the only detectable micronutrient response to meat or milk supplementation.
(Program in International Nutrition, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA, 2003)Animal source foods (ASF) can provide micronutrients in greater amounts and more bioavailable forms compared to plant source foods, but their intake is low in many poor populations. However, the impact of ASF on micronutrient ... -
Child nutrition in developing countries
(Community Health Sciences and Pediatrics, University of California at Los AngelesSchools of Public Health and Medicine, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1772, USADepartment of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Nairobi, 2004)Malnutrition permeates all aspects of health, growth, cognition, motor and social development of young children in developing countries. More than 50% of deaths in these children can be attributed to malnutrition, most ... -
Diet quality affects the playground activities of Kenyan children
(Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1759, USACancer Research Center of Hawaii, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI, USA:Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Nairobi, 2005)The present study examined the effects of a school breakfast program on the activity level, emotional state, and social interactions of a group of Kenyan schoolchildren on the playground. Five hundred forty children in ... -
Intake of micronutrients high in animal-source foods is associated with better growth in rural Kenyan school children
(School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USACancer Research Center of Hawaii, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI, USA:Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Nairobi, 2006)Observational studies have shown that children in developing countries consuming diets containing high amounts of bioavailable nutrients, such as those found in animal-source foods, grow better. The present study investigated ... -
Early growth of very low birth weight infants
(Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Nairobi, 2006)Background: Early growth in very low birth weight (VLBW) infants has been found predictive of their later outcomes. This has led to increased interest in establishing measures to optimise such growth. In facilities without ... -
Two year neurological outcomes of Very Low Birth Weight infants
(Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Nairobi, 2006)High risk newborns such as the Very Low Birth Weight (VLBW) require long term follow up to ascertain their subsequent survival and quality of life (based on neurological intactness). Though such data is now standard in the ... -
In Pursuit Of Millennium Development Goals
(Department of Medicine. College of Health Sciences. University of Nairobi, 2005)The study systematically quantified media content on indicators such as independence, accuracy, fairness, diversity of opinion and open access to media institutions. The study gave the media a clean bill of health on ... -
Low plasma vitamin B-12 in Kenyan school children is highly prevalent and improved by supplemental animal source foods.
(Cancer Research Center of Hawaii, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI, USA:ARS Western Human Nutrition Research Center, University of California, Davis, CA 95616School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095Global Livestock-CRSP, University of California, Davis, CA 95616University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya, 2007)The high prevalence of vitamin B-12 deficiency in many regions of the world is becoming recognized as a widespread public health problem, but it is not known to what extent this deficiency results from a low intake of the ... -
Integration of ICT into the management of access to treatment and monitoring of ART in rural Kenya
(Department of Medicine. College of Health Sciences. University of Nairobi, 2005)The study systematically quantified media content on indicators such as independence, accuracy, fairness, diversity of opinion and open access to media institutions. The study gave the media a clean bill of health on ... -
Designing snacks to address micronutrient deficiencies in rural Kenyan schoolchildren
(Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of NairobiUniversity of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095;Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands, 2007)Three snacks were designed to improve nutrient intakes among school-age children living in rural Kenya. Snacks containing animal-source foods (milk and meat) provided more nutrients than an equicaloric vegetarian snack. ... -
Meat supplementation improves growth, cognitive, and behavioral outcomes in Kenyan children
(Department of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA:Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Nairobi,Department of Community Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095Cancer Research Center of Hawaii, University of Hawaii at Manoa,Honolulu, HI 96813, 2007)A randomized, controlled school feeding study was conducted in rural Embu District, Kenya to test for a causal link between animal-source food intake and changes in micronutrient nutrition and growth, cognitive, and ... -
Neonatal nutrition and later outcomes of very low birth weight infants at Kenyatta National Hospital
(Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Nairobi, 2007)Background: Extensive research in developed countries has established that very low birth weight (VLBW) infants are particularly vulnerable to the effects of early nutritional deficiencies. There is, however, little ... -
The potential of increased meat intake to improve iron nutrition in rural Kenyan schoolchildren
(Division of Human Nutrition, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The NetherlandsDepartment of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA:Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, 2007)Schoolchildren in developing countries often have inadequate intakes of iron, due primarily to poor bioavailability. Increasing meat in the diet could improve both the amount of iron consumed and its availability. The ... -
Dietary micronutrients are associated with higher cognitive function gains among primary school children in rural Kenya
(Department of Global and Community Health, College of Health and Human Services, George Mason University,Fairfax, VA 22030, USADepartment of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USASchool of Medicine, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, KenyaDepartments of Psychiatry and Psychology, Neuropsychiatry Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, CACancer Research Center of Hawaii, University of Hawaii, 1236 Lauhala Street, Suite 407, Honolulu, HI 96813Department of Community Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles, CADepartments of Community Health Sciences and Pediatrics, Schools of Public Health and Medicine, University of, 2009)With the exception of iodine and Fe, there is still very limited information on the effect of micronutrients on cognitive function, especially among school-age children. The present analysis evaluates the relationship ... -
Comparison of blood smear microscopy to a rapid diagnostic test for in-vitro testing for P. falciparum malaria in Kenyan school children
(Department of Paediatrics, School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1772, USADepartment of Paediatrics, University of Nairobi, Kenya., 2008)OBJECTIVE: To compare the diagnostic performance of microscopy using Giemsa-stained thick and thin blood smears to a rapid malaria dipstick test (RDT) in detecting P. falciparum malaria in Kenyan school children. DESIGN: ... -
Effects of a school feeding intervention on school attendance rates among elementary schoolchildren in rural Kenya
(Department of Paediatrics, University of Nairobi, Kenya., 2011)OBJECTIVE: A randomized controlled school feeding intervention offered an opportunity to determine whether school feeding resulted in improved school attendance among elementary schoolchildren in a rural district of ... -
The contribution of very low birth weight deaths to infant mortality
(Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, 2009)BACKGROUND: Infant mortality remains high in many developing countries in which the contribution of deaths among infants born very low birth weight (VLBW) may be considerable. This contribution has however not been ...
