A5054911893- Child Nutrition and Water Access
- Iron Metabolism and Disorders
- Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders
- Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
- Birth, Development, and Health
- Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
- COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts
- Nutrition and Health in Aging
- Clinical Laboratory Practices and Quality Control
- Global Maternal and Child Health
- Early Childhood Education and Development
- Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact
- Trace Elements in Health
- Breastfeeding Practices and Influences
- Resilience and Mental Health
- Air Quality and Health Impacts
- Plant Micronutrient Interactions and Effects
- Nutritional Studies and Diet
- Electrolyte and hormonal disorders
- Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare
- Obesity and Health Practices
- Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
- Health Education and Validation
- Public Health and Nutrition
- Phytase and its Applications
National Institute of Nutrition
2011-2025
Jawaharlal Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research
2025
Indian Council of Medical Research
2012-2018
Background Modeling studies estimated severe impacts of potential service delivery disruptions due to COVID-19 pandemic on maternal and child nutrition outcomes. Although anecdotal evidence exists disruptions, little is known about the actual state at scale. We studied restorations, challenges adaptations in health by frontline workers (FLWs) India during 2020. Methods conducted phone surveys with 5500 FLWs (among them 3118 Anganwadi Workers) seven states between August–October 2020, asking...
Abstract Objective In India, national databases indicate anaemia prevalence of 80 % among 6–35-month-old children and 58 36–59-month-old children. The present study aimed to characterise the associated factors infants pre-schoolers living in rural India. Design Multivariate logistic regression analysis data collected prior an intervention trial. Fe-deficiency with (IDA), Fe deficiency no (IDNA) without were defined. Serum ferritin, soluble transferrin receptor (sTfR) sTfR/log ferritin index...
Abstract Objective To develop a psychometrically valid questionnaire for testing knowledge on micronutrients and to assess the relationship between biomarkers of micronutrient status among adolescents. Design Cross-sectional, institution-based, validity reliability study. Setting Seven higher secondary schools were covered in limits Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation, Hyderabad, India. Subjects Students aged 15–19 years, n 92 pre-test, 108 test–retest 109 studying Fe, retinol, ascorbic...
Abstract Population-based surveys commonly use point-of-care (POC) methods with capillary blood samples for estimating Hb concentrations; these estimates need to be validated by comparison reference using venous blood. In a cross-sectional study in 748 participants (17–86 years, 708 women, Hb: 5·1 18·2 g/dl) from Hyderabad, India, we measured pooled sample POC autoanalyser (Horiba ABX Micros 60OT, Hb-C-AA ) two methods: ( Hb-V-AA and cyanmethemoglobin method Hb-V-CM ). These comparisons also...
Robust point-of-care methods are required to estimate anemia at the population level. The accurate lab-based and cannot be used point of care. To address this caveat, a novel method based on pooled capillary blood portable autoanalyzer was developed for estimation Hb. Additionally, custom software near-real-time integration Hb values from auto analyzer server. Moreover, decision support tool that can immediately categorize participants into different stages developed. designed World Health...
Introduction In 2020, an estimated 150 million children under the age of 5 years were stunted. Stunting results from early-life adversity and it is associated with significant physical cognitive deficit, lifelong socioeconomic disadvantage reduced life expectancy. There a need to understand causes stunting its effects in order develop strategies avoid mitigate consequences once has occurred. Epigenetics important mechanism through which factors are thought influence biological function,...
Allostatic load (AL) is a cumulative measure of physiological deregulation and influenced by multiple factors including nutrition. The objectives the study were to assess AL among adolescent boys (15-19 yr) delineate its association with psychological stress micronutrient status.A cross-sectional, school-based was conducted 370 five higher secondary schools from Hyderabad, India. Perceived stress, life event (ALES), morbidity coping measured. Biomarkers included dehydroepiandrosterone...
Objective: The link between stress-related increases in inflammatory markers, hepcidin, and iron status are poorly understood, especially developing countries like India. aim of the study was to examine relationship adolescent life-event stress (ALES), its association with hepcidin biomarkers among boys.Methods: Data pertaining a subsample 145 participants from cross-sectional, school-based recruiting 370 boys aged 15–19 years, 5 schools Hyderabad, India, were analyzed. Stress assessed using...
Introduction Current anaemia control programme focusing on prophylactic iron supplementation and facility-based screening with haemoglobin estimation is inadequate to reduce the high prevalence of in India. This study aims examine impact community level ‘screen treat’ strategy for increasing population mean reducing rural population. Methods analysis An open-labelled cluster randomised controlled trial will be conducted areas Medchal district, Telangana, All individuals served by one...
In developed countries, strategies such as supplementation and staple food fortification have proved to be successful for the control of anaemia.However, while translating these other situations, several factors which are specific location need critical analysis consideration.The three major contextual elements iron bioavailability in Indian context (1) host's gastric acid milieu solubilisation (2) ability habitual diet keep a soluble state throughout intestinal absorptive surface by...
Evidence on the impact of nutrient-rich animal source foods such as eggs for improving child growth and cognition is inconsistent. This study aims to examine an egg intervention in children, along with behaviour change communication (BCC) mother, linear cognition, nutritional status children aged 9-18 months.
Introduction As a topic of inquiry in its own right, data management for interdisciplinary research projects is infancy. Key issues include the inability researchers to effectively query diverse outputs and identify potentially important synergies between discipline-specific data. Equally problematic, few semantic ontologies exist better support organisation discovery. Finally, while widely regarded as beneficial unpacking complex problems, non-researchers such policy-makers planners often...
Introduction Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) is an integral part of research, programme policy development implementation. However, MEL methods used to monitor evaluate interdisciplinary research projects are often informal under-reported. This article describes the protocol UKRI GCRF Action Against Stunting Hub (AASH). Methods analysis The AASH conducts into childhood stunting in India, Indonesia Senegal across 23 distinct work packages. Project-specific framework will be...
Modeling studies have estimated impacts of potential service delivery disruptions due to COVID-19 pandemic on maternal and child nutrition outcomes, but little is known about actual status. We studied restorations health services by frontline workers (FLWs) in India during COVID-19. conducted phone surveys with 5500 FLWs seven states between August–October 2020, asking April 2020 (T1) the August-October period (T2) analyzed changes T1 T2. also publicly available administrative data (AD) from...