ABSTRACT DIGEST ON MATERNAL AND CHILD NUTRITION RESEARCH – ISSUE 47

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Season’s greetings! The 47th issue of POSHAN’s Abstract Digest features studies on maternal nutrition, anemia, and infant and young child feeding (IYCF) practices. The maternal nutrition articles include a modeling study that examines the importance of prenatal nutrition for reducing the global burden of non-communicable diseases, and a gap analysis study to identify key elements to strengthen maternal nutrition counselling during routine health services. There are two anemia articles: one examines the association of adolescent anemia and physical growth with learning outcomes, while the other investigates the prevalence and determinants of anemia among men. Among the two articles covering IYCF practices, one assesses food group consumption patterns among children in 59 countries and the other investigates the association between IYCF practices and nutrition indicators.

Other interesting studies in this issue include two articles based on learnings from interventions through women’s self-help groups, an assessment of anthropometric data quality in India’s National Family Health Survey, another on implementation characteristics of father-inclusive interventions in low- and middle-income countries, and one on the perceptions, risk factors, and behaviors of overweight adults.

Below is the list of peer-reviewed articles. Please click on the title if you wish to go straight to the article.

Happy holiday reading!

List of articles in this issue

Scaling Up Prenatal Nutrition Could Reduce the Global Burden of Noncommunicable Diseases in the Next Generation: A Modeling Analysis

Blakstad et al. 2022. The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 116 (5): 1291–1302

Changes in Anemia and Anthropometry During Adolescence Predict Learning Outcomes: Findings From a 3-Year Longitudinal Study in India

Nguyen et al. 2022. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 115(6): 1549–1558

Prevalence and Determinants of Anaemia Among Men in Rural India: Evidence from a Nationally Representative Survey

Singh et al. 2022. PLOS Global Public Health

 Quality of Anthropometric Data in India's National Family Health Survey: Disentangling Interviewer and Area Effect Using a Cross-Classified Multilevel Model

Dwivedi et al. 2022. SSM - Population Health Volume 19

 Perception, Risk Factors, and Health Behaviours in Adult Obesity in Kolkata, India: A Mixed Methods Approach

Barua et al. 2022. BMC Public Health 22, 2376.

Qualitative Examination of the Role and Influence of Mothers-in-Law on Young Married Couples’ Family Planning in Rural Maharashtra, India

Dixit et al. 2022. Global Health: Science and Practice 10(5):e2200050

Strengthening Maternal Nutrition Counselling During Routine Health Services: A Gap Analysis to Guide Country Programmes

Kavle. 2022. Public Health Nutrition, 1-18

 Implementation Characteristics of Father-Inclusive Interventions in Low- And Middle-Income Countries: A Systematic Review

Jeong et al. 2022. The New York Academy of Sciences

 Food Group Consumption Patterns Among Children Meeting and Not Meeting WHO’s Recommended Dietary Diversity: Evidence from 197,514 Children In 59 Countries

Heemann et al. 2022. Food Policy, 112: 102368

 Is Infant and Young Child-Feeding (IYCF) a Potential Double-Duty Strategy to Prevent the Double Burden of Malnutrition Among Children at the Critical Age? Evidence of Association from Urban Slums in Pune, Maharashtra, India

Jeyakumar et al. 2022. PLOS One

 Key Learnings from an Outcome and Embedded Process Evaluation of a Direct to Beneficiary Mobile Health Intervention Among Marginalised Women in Rural Bihar, India  

Irani et al. 2022. BMJ Open 12(10):e052336

 Scale and Sustainability: The Impact of a Women’s Self-Help Group Program on Household Economic Well-Being in India

Raghunathan et al. 2022. The Journal of Development Studies