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  1. Studies have shown that having away from home meals contributes to high sodium intake among young people and those who lived in urban areas. This study aimed to determine the association between dietary sodium...

    Authors: Ruhaya Salleh, Shubash Shander Ganapathy, Norazizah Ibrahim Wong, Siew Man Cheong, Mohamad Hasnan Ahmad, Lalitha Palaniveloo, Fatimah Othman, Azli Baharudin, Megat Rusydi Megat Radzi, Rusidah Selamat, Nur Shahida Abd. Aziz, Rashidah Ambak and Tahir Aris
    Citation: Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition 2021 40(Suppl 1):12
    Content type: Research Published on:

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 40 Supplement 1

  2. Topical treatment with sunflower seed oil (SSO) or Aquaphor® reduced sepsis and neonatal mortality in hospitalized preterm infants <33 weeks’ gestational age in Bangladesh. We sought to determine whether the e...

    Authors: Gary L. Darmstadt, Naila Z. Khan, Summer Rosenstock, Humaira Muslima, Monowara Parveen, Wajeeha Mahmood, A. S. M. Nawshad Uddin Ahmed, M. A. K. Azad Chowdhury, Scott Zeger and Samir K. Saha
    Citation: Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition 2021 40:24
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  3. Skipping breakfast and replacing it with non-nutritious snacks are progressively increasing among adolescents. This study aimed to develop an educational intervention based on the Social Marketing Model and ev...

    Authors: Firoozeh Mostafavi, Fereshteh Zamani-Alavijeh, Marjan Mansourian and Fatemeh Bastami
    Citation: Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition 2021 40:22
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  5. Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are the leading cause of death and disability globally, while malnutrition presents a major global burden. An increasing body of evidence suggests that poor maternal nutrition ...

    Authors: Elizabeth Wilkins, Kremlin Wickramasinghe, Jessie Pullar, Alessandro R. Demaio, Nia Roberts, Karla-Maria Perez-Blanco, Katharine Noonan and Nick Townsend
    Citation: Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition 2021 40:20
    Content type: Review article Published on:

  6. After the implementation of the universal two-child policy in China, the increase in parity has led to an increase in adverse pregnancy outcomes. The impact of one and two fetuses on the incidence of fetal mac...

    Authors: Li Luo, Huan Zeng, Mao Zeng, Xueqing Liu, Xianglong Xu, Lianlian Wang and Yong Zhao
    Citation: Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition 2021 40:19
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  7. An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via the original article.

    Authors: Taslima Khatun, Dilara Maqbool, Ferdous Ara, Manika Rani Sarker, Kazi Selim Anwar and Asirul Hoque
    Citation: Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition 2021 40:18
    Content type: Correction Published on:

    The original article was published in Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition 2021 40:3

  8. Application of advanced body composition measurement methods is not practical in developing countries context due to cost and unavailability of facilities. This study generated ethnic specific body fat percent...

    Authors: Makeda Sinaga, Melese Sinaga Teshome, Tilhun Yemane, Elsah Tegene, David Lindtsrom and Tefera Belachew
    Citation: Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition 2021 40:17
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  9. Web-based therapeutic approaches are new and attractive tools for primary health care systems due to their time and cost-saving nature and their accessibility for different populations. The aim of the current ...

    Authors: Leila Jahangiry and Mahdieh Abbasalizad Farhangi
    Citation: Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition 2021 40:16
    Content type: Review article Published on:

  10. Childhood obesity is a global public health concern with major consequences. In Saudi Arabia, the percentage of children who are overweight or obese has significantly increased in the past two decades, raising...

    Authors: Hanan Aljassim and Hoda Jradi
    Citation: Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition 2021 40:15
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  11. Due to an increase in aging worldwide, assessment of the nutritional status of older people becomes an important matter. Malnutrition in older people increases the risk of infections, disease period and hospit...

    Authors: Gülüşan Özgün Başıbüyük, Parvin Ayremlou, Sakineh Nouri Saeidlou, Faruk Ay, Akgül Dalkıran, Wida Simzari, Gábor Áron Vitályos and Yener Bektaş
    Citation: Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition 2021 40:13
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  12. The total fertility rate (TFR) in the Middle East and North Africa has experienced a declining trend in recent years. Accordingly, the present study was conducted to provide a clear picture of the most critica...

    Authors: Aboulghasem Pourreza, Ahmad Sadeghi, Mostafa Amini-Rarani, Rahim Khodayari-Zarnaq and Hasan Jafari
    Citation: Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition 2021 40:11
    Content type: Review article Published on:

  13. Globally, coronary artery disease (CAD) remains one of the leading causes of death, both in developed and less economically developed countries (LEDC) including Bangladesh. Diet plays a key role in the pathoge...

    Authors: Taslima Khatun, Dilara Maqbool, Ferdous Ara, Manika Rani Sarker, Kazi Selim Anwar and Asirul Hoque
    Citation: Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition 2021 40:3
    Content type: Research article Published on:

    The Correction to this article has been published in Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition 2021 40:18

  14. A body of evidences showed that adolescent undernutrition is a serious public health problem in developing countries including Ethiopia. Adolescence period is the last chance for curbing the consequences of un...

    Authors: Gebrehiwot Hadush, Oumer Seid and Abel Gebre Wuneh
    Citation: Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition 2021 40:2
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  15. Self-efficacy is a widely applied psychosocial concept that is commonly used in association with management of chronic diseases, including hypertension. The aim of this study was to assess self-efficacy of hyp...

    Authors: Salam Khairy, Asala Aslan, Ahmad M. Samara, Ibrahim Mousa, Abdulsalam S. Alkaiyat and Sa’ed H. Zyoud
    Citation: Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition 2021 40:1
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  16. Unintended pregnancies are no longer bound to teenagers or school-going children, married women in Uganda, as well do experience such pregnancies though little has been investigated on them. This study examine...

    Authors: Ronald Wasswa, Allen Kabagenyi and Leonard Atuhaire
    Citation: Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition 2020 39:15
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  17. The purpose of this study is to assess the prevalence and associated factors of physical and sexual intimate partner violence (IPV) among married women of reproductive age in a rural population in northeast Ba...

    Authors: Stephen Stake, Saifuddin Ahmed, Wietse Tol, Salahuddin Ahmed, Nazma Begum, Rasheda Khanam, Meagan Harrison and Abdullah H. Baqui
    Citation: Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition 2020 39:14
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  18. There is no agreed way to measure the effects of social accountability interventions. Studies to examine whether and how social accountability and collective action processes contribute to better health and he...

    Authors: Cicely Marston, Catherine R. McGowan, Victoria Boydell and Petrus Steyn
    Citation: Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition 2020 39:13
    Content type: Review article Published on:

  19. Although good progress was made in maternal and child nutrition during the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) era, malnutrition remains one of the major threats on global health. Therefore, the United Nation ...

    Authors: Xin Huang, Bo Yang, Qin Liu, Ruilin Zhang, Shenglan Tang and Mary Story
    Citation: Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition 2020 39:12
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  20. To investigate the relation of child dietary diversity and household food insecurity along with other socio-demographic with child anthropometric indices in north-central Ethiopia, an area with a high level of...

    Authors: Amare Molla Dinku, Tefera Chane Mekonnen and Getachew Shumye Adilu
    Citation: Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition 2020 39:11
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  21. There is limited evidence on the determinants of childhood stunting across urban India or specifically in slum settlements. This study aims to assess the extent of stunting among children under 2 years of age ...

    Authors: Sushmita Das, Sheila Chanani, Neena Shah More, David Osrin, Shanti Pantvaidya and Anuja Jayaraman
    Citation: Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition 2020 39:10
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  22. Although infant and young child feeding practices play an important role, children in Ethiopia suffer from poor infant and young child feeding. To date, there is a limited study which addresses factors that in...

    Authors: Netsanet Fentahun, Yared Mulu, Tesfaye Feleke and Abraham Tamirat
    Citation: Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition 2020 39:9
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  23. Anaemia and malaria are the leading causes of sub-Saharan African childhood morbidity and mortality. This study aimed to explore the complex relationship between anaemia and malaria in young children across th...

    Authors: Danielle J. Roberts and Temesgen Zewotir
    Citation: Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition 2020 39:8
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  24. Childhood malnutrition has been a longstanding crisis in Mumbai, India. Despite national IYCF (Infant Young Child Feeding) guidelines to promote best practices for infant/toddler feeding, nearly one-third of c...

    Authors: Priyanka Athavale, Kristin Hoeft, Rupal M. Dalal, Ameya P. Bondre, Piyasree Mukherjee and Karen Sokal-Gutierrez
    Citation: Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition 2020 39:7
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  25. Early years of life are period of maximal growth and development of human brain. Development of young child is influenced by biological endowment and health of child, nutritional status of child, relationships...

    Authors: Shimelash Bitew Workie, Tesfa Mekonen, Tefera Chane Mekonen and Wubalem Fekadu
    Citation: Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition 2020 39:6
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  27. The aim of this study was to assess dietary intakes and complementary feeding practices of children aged 6–24 months who are from Bangladeshi ancestry and living in Tower Hamlets, London, and determine the fea...

    Authors: Laura Jabri, Diana Margot Rosenthal, Lorna Benton and Monica Lakhanpaul
    Citation: Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition 2020 39:4
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  28. In recent years, the evaluation of convenience food has changed. It came to be considered not to have a negative effect on health and is now positioned as a tool to support dietary habits of elderly and other ...

    Authors: Satoshi Nakano and Ayu Washizu
    Citation: Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition 2020 39:3
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  29. The status of adolescent sexual and reproductive health (SRH) in Nepal is alarming. Adolescent-friendly services (AFS) were introduced to cater the health needs of adolescents. Optimal utilization of the servi...

    Authors: Krishtee Napit, Khadga Bahadur Shrestha, Sudip Ale Magar, Rashmi Paudel, Barsha Thapa, Bhup Raj Dhakal and Archana Amatya
    Citation: Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition 2020 39:2
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  30. Iron deficiency anemia (IDA) is highly prevalent in the Cote d’Ivoire and has severe health and economic consequences. In this paper, we apply a health economic model to quantify the burden of IDA, and the con...

    Authors: Alberto Prieto-Patron, Zsuzsa V. Hutton, Giovanni Fattore, Magalie Sabatier and Patrick Detzel
    Citation: Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition 2020 39:1
    Content type: Review article Published on:

  31. In spite of high prevalence rates, little is known about health seeking and related expenditure for chronic non-communicable diseases in low-income countries. We assessed relevant patterns of health seeking an...

    Authors: Fatema Binte Rasul, Olivier Kalmus, Malabika Sarker, Hossain Ishrath Adib, Md Shahadath Hossain, Md Zabir Hasan, Stephan Brenner, Shaila Nazneen, Muhammed Nazmul Islam and Manuela De Allegri
    Citation: Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition 2019 38:48
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  32. Food frequency questionnaires (FFQs) are dietary surveys widely used in studies of nutritional epidemiology because they are inexpensive, easy to complete and provide significant information on dietary intake ...

    Authors: María García Rodríguez, Manuel Romero Saldaña, José Manuel Alcaide Leyva, Rafael Moreno Rojas and Guillermo Molina Recio
    Citation: Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition 2019 38:47
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  33. Several studies have shown that normal weight central obesity (NWCO) is associated with cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors. However, studies conducted in the Japanese population have been very limited. ...

    Authors: Takako Shirasawa, Hirotaka Ochiai, Takahiko Yoshimoto, Satsue Nagahama, Mariko Kobayashi, Iichiro Ohtsu, Yuma Sunaga and Akatsuki Kokaze
    Citation: Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition 2019 38:46
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  34. Diarrhea is a major public health problem that disproportionately affects children in developing countries, including Ethiopia. Most of the diseases can be prevented through safe drinking water supply and prov...

    Authors: Negasa Eshete Soboksa, Abebe Beyene Hailu, Sirak Robele Gari and Bezatu Mengistie Alemu
    Citation: Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition 2019 38:45
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  35. Correcting anemia during pregnancy often requires integrating food and non-food-based approaches. Nonetheless, little is known about specific dietary diversity (DD) cutoff values predicting risk of anemia duri...

    Authors: Taddese Alemu Zerfu, Kaleab Baye and Mieke Faber
    Citation: Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition 2019 38:44
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  36. Despite different interventions to improve child nutrition conditions, chronic malnutrition is still a public health concern in Rwanda, with a high stunting prevalence of 38% among under 5-year-olds children. ...

    Authors: Jeanine Ahishakiye, Laura Bouwman, Inge D. Brouwer, Eric Matsiko, Margaret Armar-Klemesu and Maria Koelen
    Citation: Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition 2019 38:43
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  37. Yale Food Addiction Scale (YFAS) was established to identify individuals exhibiting signs of addiction towards certain types of food. This study aimed to develop a Turkish version of the Yale Food Addiction Sc...

    Authors: Zehra Buyuktuncer, Aslı Akyol, Aylin Ayaz, Reyhan Nergiz-Unal, Burcu Aksoy, Erdal Cosgun, Pınar Ozdemir, Gulden Pekcan and Halit Tanju Besler
    Citation: Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition 2019 38:42
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  38. World Health Organization revised the global guidelines for management of possible serious bacterial infection (PSBI) in young infants to recommend the use of simplified antibiotic therapy in settings where ac...

    Authors: Salahuddin Ahmed, Jennifer A. Applegate, Dipak K. Mitra, Jennifer A. Callaghan-Koru, Mahfuza Mousumi, Ahad Mahmud Khan, Taufique Joarder, Meagan Harrison, Sabbir Ahmed, Nazma Begum, Abdul Quaiyum, Joby George and Abdullah H. Baqui
    Citation: Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition 2019 38:41
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  39. Determining the effectiveness of community-based health promotion and disease prevention programs requires an appropriate data collection tool. This study aimed to develop a comprehensive health questionnaire ...

    Authors: Gina Agarwal, Melissa Pirrie, Ricardo Angeles, Francine Marzanek and Jenna Parascandalo
    Citation: Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition 2019 38:40
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  40. Depression is a major mental disorder worldwide. The prevalence of depression among Korean adults was estimated to be 5.6% in 2006 and 6.7% in 2011, and that increased to 10.3% in 2013. Using national data, th...

    Authors: Se-young Ju and Yoo Kyoung Park
    Citation: Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition 2019 38:39
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  41. Awareness of nutrition self-efficacy dimensions can enable healthcare providers to guide their use in screening and providing a context for positive changes such as in promoting a healthy lifestyle and quality...

    Authors: Abbas Shamsalinia, Reza Ghadimi, Razieh Torabi Chafjiri, Faezeh Norouzinejad, Ali Pourhabib and Fatemeh Ghaffari
    Citation: Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition 2019 38:38
    Content type: Research article Published on:

    The Letter to the Editor to this article has been published in Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition 2022 41:3

  42. Ethiopia is striving to achieve a goal of “zero human immune deficiency virus/acquired immune deficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS)-related deaths.” However, little has been documented on the factors that hamper the ...

    Authors: Kebede Haile Misgina, Meresa Gebremedhin Weldu, Tewodros Haile Gebremariam, Negassie Berhe Weledehaweria, Haileslasie Berhane Alema, Yosef Sibhatu Gebregiorgis and Yonas Girma Tilahun
    Citation: Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition 2019 38:37
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  43. Risk factors of acute malnutrition in Bangladesh are well documented. However, due to regional variations in prevalence of acute malnutrition, it is important to explore the risk factors specific to the region...

    Authors: Monsurul Hoq, Masum Ali, Ashraful Islam and Charulatha Banerjee
    Citation: Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition 2019 38:36
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  44. About 20 million children suffer from severe acute malnutrition each year. The World Health Organization recommends the outpatient therapeutic program as a standard treatment protocol for the management of unc...

    Authors: Misgan Legesse Liben, Abel Gebre Wuneh, Reda Shamie and Kiros G/her
    Citation: Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition 2019 38:35
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  45. Ghana implemented a national health insurance scheme in 2005 to promote the provision of accessible, affordable, and equitable healthcare by eliminating service user fees. Termed the National Health Insurance ...

    Authors: Edmund Wedam Kanmiki, Ayaga A. Bawah, James Akazili, Isaiah Agorinyah, John Koku Awoonor-Williams, James F. Phillips and Kassem M. Kassak
    Citation: Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition 2019 38:34
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  46. We monitored serum amylase level in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) prescribed either dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitor or GLP-1 analog (GLP-1 group) as monotherapy. Patients were treated for a 36...

    Authors: Junichi Okada, Eijiro Yamada, Yawara Niijima, Shuichi Okada and Masanobu Yamada
    Citation: Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition 2019 38:33
    Content type: Letter to the Editor Published on:

  47. The potential interconnectedness of medication adherence, glycemic control, and clinical inertia in resource-constrained settings of the developing world needs further evaluation.

    Authors: Saurav Basu
    Citation: Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition 2019 38:32
    Content type: Letter to the Editor Published on:

    The original article was published in Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition 2019 38:4

  48. The aim of this study was to analyse the use of dietary supplements to support weight reduction (DSSWR) in adults according to sociodemographic background, body mass index (BMI), waist-hip ratio (WHR), body fa...

    Authors: Adrian Lubowiecki-Vikuk, Magdalena Król-Zielińska and Adam Kantanista
    Citation: Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition 2019 38:31
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  49. Changes in blood pressure (BP) may affect pain. However, the interaction effect of resistance training and green tea on BP and pain has not been studied. The primary aim of this study was to evaluate the impac...

    Authors: Hamid Arazi, Behzad Taati, Jalal Kheirkhah and Samaneh Ramezanpour
    Citation: Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition 2019 38:30
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  50. In Ethiopia, 38% of children under 5 years of age are stunted (low height for age). A novel government-led intervention called the Sustainable Undernutrition Reduction in Ethiopia (SURE) aims to tackle the bur...

    Authors: Mihretab M. Salasibew, Cami Moss, Girmay Ayana, Desalegn Kuche, Solomon Eshetu and Alan D. Dangour
    Citation: Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition 2019 38:29
    Content type: Research article Published on:
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