Mobile Teaching Kitchen Project – eradicating and preventing malnutrition through nutrition education

Abstract Background Global malnutrition, affecting over 2.6 billion people globally, represents a triple burden to health in the form of micronutrient deficiencies, under-and over-nutrition. Malnutrition reaches all parts of society, with those undernourished and deficient in vitamins and minerals often thought to be the poorer in society, whilst overnourished those wealthier. NNEdPro, an international think-tank working to develop nutrition capacity, performed a landscaping activity in Kolkata, India and noted significant undernutrition within the slum dwelling population and overnutrition among the inner-city workers. Results NNEdPro' s Mobile Teaching Kitchen (MTK) project was developed as a nutritional education tool to improve awareness of diet diversity and disease prevention amongst marginalised communities by using locally sourced foods and cooking skills. Local volunteers trained in healthy cooking transfers core principles through cooking demonstrations of sustainable, nutritional, and affordable meals. They follow a 'See One, Do One, Teach One' (S1D1T1) model to transfer knowledge to their peers. This model aims to create a sustainable solution that will enable the rural-urban slum dwellers across regions of the world to challenge food insecurity and malnutrition. Conclusions The potential of the Teaching Kitchen can extend beyond creating powerful behavior change for improved health and nutrition within local communities of both developing and developed countries. In addition to improving the wellbeing of the community, the project can also potentially create livelihood opportunities through empowering women with catering skills and having a positive impact on the health and nutritional status of the wider community. After successful impacts in India, the Mobile Teaching Kitchen model has been proposed to other 8 existing regional networks of NNEdPro such as Australia & New Zealand, Brazil, Italy, Mexico, Morocco, Switzerland, USA, and UK.

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Emerging Nutrition Gaps in a World of Affluence - Micronutrient Intake and Status Globally

International Journal for Vitamin and Nutrition Research ◽

10.1024/0300-9831/a000068 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 81 (4) ◽

pp. 238-239 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Manfred Eggersdorfer ◽

Paul Walter

Keyword(s):

Developing Countries ◽

Human Health ◽

Old Age ◽

Molecular Basis ◽

Health Benefit ◽

Developed Countries ◽

Micronutrient Deficiencies ◽

New Science ◽

Health And Nutrition ◽

Micronutrient Intake

Nutrition is important for human health in all stages of life - from conception to old age. Today we know much more about the molecular basis of nutrition. Most importantly, we have learnt that micronutrients, among other factors, interact with genes, and new science is increasingly providing more tools to clarify this interrelation between health and nutrition. Sufficient intake of vitamins is essential to achieve maximum health benefit. It is well established that in developing countries, millions of people still suffer from micronutrient deficiencies. However, it is far less recognized that we face micronutrient insufficiencies also in developed countries.

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Growth Monitoring in the Context of a Primary Health Care Programme

Food and Nutrition Bulletin ◽

10.1177/156482659401500316 ◽

1994 ◽

Vol 15 (3) ◽

pp. 1-8 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Fazlul Karim ◽

Nasreen Huq ◽

Laurine Brown ◽

A. Mushtaque R. Chowdhury

Keyword(s):

Nutrition Education ◽

Child Survival ◽

Developed Countries ◽

Nutrition Status ◽

Growth Monitoring ◽

Comparable Group ◽

Care Programme ◽

Socioeconomic Groups ◽

Health And Nutrition ◽

Target Children

During the last decade, growth monitoring has been promoted us an important intervention for child survival, but questions have been raised about its electiveness and feasibility in less-developed countries. A growth-monitoring programme was carried out by the Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee for over four years, covering about 20,000 children under two years of age. The programme was equally accessible to all socioeconomic groups and both sexes. Children were weighed monthly in village centres, and their mothers were given health and nutrition education. A recent evaluation found modest coverage (43 %) of the target children. Accuracy in determining ages of the target children was reasonably good, with more than 90% within 30 days of actual age. Eighty-seven per cent of the Salter round scales used gave accurate results, compared with only 17% of the Salter cylinder scales. Local volunteers, mostly women, participated in growth-monitoring sessions by weighing, recording, and demonstrating how to prepare supplementary diets. Growth monitoring was associated with increased use of selected child-survival interventions such as immunization. The nutrition status of participating children was not significantly better than that of a comparable group of children who did not participate (p =.051).

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Micronutrients Deficiency, a Hidden Hunger in Nepal: Prevalence, Causes, Consequences, and Solutions

International Scholarly Research Notices ◽

10.1155/2015/276469 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 2015 ◽

pp. 1-9 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Shiva Bhandari ◽

Megha Raj Banjara

Keyword(s):

Nutrition Education ◽

School Health ◽

Micronutrient Deficiencies ◽

Global Challenge ◽

Health And Nutrition ◽

Hidden Hunger ◽

Control And Prevention ◽

Intellectual Capacity ◽

Huge Impact ◽

Development Goals

Micronutrient deficiency is a global challenge to health as in Nepal. In Nepal, the targeted beneficiaries are less aware about importance of micronutrients (MNs), which has resulted in low intake of foods rich in MNs. Micronutrient deficiencies (MNDs) have huge impact on health of vulnerable population like women and children and have jeopardized the national economy and prosperity of developing countries including Nepal. However, less attention has been paid towards MNDs, which can be prevented. Therefore, this study aims to draw attention of the concerned authorities and researchers to combat against MNDs in Nepal. This study showed that different types of MNDs with higher prevalence exist in Nepal. The major causes of MNDs were poor diet, diseases and infestations, and poor health caring practices. The results of MNDs were unwanted child and maternal mortality, impairments of lives, and reduction in productivity and intellectual capacity. School health and nutrition education and supplementation and fortification of essential MNs proved to be effective while dietary diversification and economic growth and poverty eradication seemed promising. Control and prevention of MNDs can help to achieve Millennium Development Goals as well, so studies in this sector should be emphasized.

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The role of the vasculature in iron allocation and sensing in plants

10.32469/10355/73826 ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

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Nga Thu Nguyen

Keyword(s):

Positive Impact ◽

Developed Countries ◽

Crop Plants ◽

Mental Illnesses ◽

Fe Deficiency ◽

Deficiency Anemia ◽

Plant Responses ◽

Micronutrient Deficiencies ◽

University Of Missouri ◽

The University

[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Most of the human population rely on plant-based products as the major dietary source for nutrients including iron (Fe). In terms of food security, and besides struggling to solve the problem of producing enough food for the rapidly growing population, we are also in need of finding solutions to fight the so-called "hidden hunger" or micronutrient deficiencies. Among the different micronutrient deficiencies, Fe is the most studied one in both plants and humans (1). This is because Fe serves as a cofactor in many critical biological processes and cellular redox reactions. Plants also require Fe for the synthesis of chlorophyll. Thus, Fe deficiency can lead to plant chlorosis and reduction in yield as a result of a decreased photosynthetic capacity. In crop plants like soybean, Fe deficiency chlorosis can cause up to 30% reduction in yield (2-4). In humans, Fe is required for hemoglobin molecules to transport oxygen. Lack of Fe in humans leads to anemia and it is a major cause for birth defects and many physical and mental illnesses. This is true not only in developing countries, where people mostly rely on plant-based food. In developed countries, Fe-deficiency anemia can also affect people whose diets heavily rely on highly processed foods, which are energy dense and micronutrient-poor. By number, moderate to severe anemia in the U.S. population increased from 1.0% to 1.9%, comparing data of 2003-2004 to 2011-2012 census (5). Because Fe is essential for both plants and humans and importantly, humans rely on dietary Fe from crop plants, understanding the mechanisms controlling Fe uptake, accumulation and Fe-deficiency response in plants may have a positive impact on both plants and human health. For this long-term goal, it is necessary to develop and establish different approaches to unravel the mechanisms that plants use to control iron uptake and allocation. By filling the gap in our knowledge of plant responses to Fe-deficiency, we will be one step closer to enhance the Fe concentration in crop plants and perhaps, we will make them more resilient to Fe-limiting conditions.

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Knowledge and Perception on Rti and Aids Among Urban Slum Dwellers: A Study in Ap

Indian Journal Of Applied Research ◽

10.15373/2249555x/nov2013/156 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 3 (11) ◽

pp. 490-492

Author(s):

Prof. Ravindra kumar. V. K Prof. Ravindra kumar. V. K ◽

Keyword(s):

Urban Slum ◽

Slum Dwellers

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Do Nutrition Education Approaches With Preschoolers and Their Caregivers Influence Retention of Biofortified Orange-Fleshed Sweetpotato on Farms?: Evidence From Homa Bay County, Kenya

Food and Nutrition Bulletin ◽

10.1177/03795721211025445 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 037957212110254

Author(s):

Sylvester O. Ojwang ◽

David J. Otieno ◽

Julius J. Okello ◽

Penina Muoki ◽

Rose A. Nyikal

Keyword(s):

Nutrition Education ◽

Early Childhood Development ◽

Controlled Trial ◽

Text Messages ◽

Sub Saharan Africa ◽

Childhood Development ◽

Control Group ◽

Micronutrient Deficiencies ◽

Household Level ◽

Intention To Treat

Background: Biofortified staples have been promoted widely in sub-Saharan Africa to combat micronutrient deficiencies. Contemporary projects are increasingly using elementary schools to target households with these foods. Objective: This study assessed the effects of integrated nutrition education approaches, targeting preschoolers and their caregivers, on retention of orange-fleshed sweetpotato (OFSP) on farms in the second season after lapse of free vine dissemination initiatives. Methods: Rural farming households, with preschoolers and no prior engagement with OFSP, were targeted. A multistage sample of 431 preschooler–caregiver pairs was recruited for a cluster-randomized controlled trial. After issuing routine OFSP promotion activities, 15 village-level clusters of the pairs were randomized into 1 control group (3 villages) and 3 treatment arms (4 villages each) for the interventions. Baseline and follow-up household-level survey data were collected from the caregivers. The interventions included: (1) OFSP-branded exercise books, posters, and a poem to preschoolers only; (2) OFSP-oriented mobile phone-mediated text messages to caregivers only; and (3) both 1 and 2 provided to individual households concurrently. Interventions 1 and 2 were single-channeled, while 3 was multichanneled. We estimated the intention-to-treat (ITT) and treatment-on-the-treated (TOT) effects using a binary logit model and a special regressor method, respectively. Results: Only the multichanneled nutrition education approach had significant effects (ITT = 0.167, P = .001; TOT = .243, P = .007) on the caregivers’ likelihood to retain OFSP on their farms. Conclusions: The finding implies that multichanneled agriculture-nutrition education interventions through Early Childhood Development institutions can be effective in ensuring sustainable adoption of OFSP.

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Diabetic Retinopathy Prediction by Ensemble Learning Based on Biochemical and Physical Data

Sensors ◽

10.3390/s21113663 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 21 (11) ◽

pp. 3663

Author(s):

Zun Shen ◽

Qingfeng Wu ◽

Zhi Wang ◽

Guoyi Chen ◽

Bin Lin

Keyword(s):

Diabetic Retinopathy ◽

Prediction Model ◽

Ensemble Learning ◽

Positive Impact ◽

Reduction Rate ◽

Developed Countries ◽

Small Sample ◽

Feature Reduction ◽

Physical Data ◽

Diabetes Retinopathy

(1) Background: Diabetic retinopathy, one of the most serious complications of diabetes, is the primary cause of blindness in developed countries. Therefore, the prediction of diabetic retinopathy has a positive impact on its early detection and treatment. The prediction of diabetic retinopathy based on high-dimensional and small-sample-structured datasets (such as biochemical data and physical data) was the problem to be solved in this study. (2) Methods: This study proposed the XGB-Stacking model with the foundation of XGBoost and stacking. First, a wrapped feature selection algorithm, XGBIBS (Improved Backward Search Based on XGBoost), was used to reduce data feature redundancy and improve the effect of a single ensemble learning classifier. Second, in view of the slight limitation of a single classifier, a stacking model fusion method, Sel-Stacking (Select-Stacking), which keeps Label-Proba as the input matrix of meta-classifier and determines the optimal combination of learners by a global search, was used in the XGB-Stacking model. (3) Results: XGBIBS greatly improved the prediction accuracy and the feature reduction rate of a single classifier. Compared to a single classifier, the accuracy of the Sel-Stacking model was improved to varying degrees. Experiments proved that the prediction model of XGB-Stacking based on the XGBIBS algorithm and the Sel-Stacking method made effective predictions on diabetes retinopathy. (4) Conclusion: The XGB-Stacking prediction model of diabetic retinopathy based on biochemical and physical data had outstanding performance. This is highly significant to improve the screening efficiency of diabetes retinopathy and reduce the cost of diagnosis.

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