Two independent cross-sectional studies on early infant feeding behaviors and practices conducted in Bangladesh (1996) and India (1997-98) were unable to find a statistically significant relationship between the time of introduction of complementary foods and the nutritional status of the...

A follow-up study of malnutrition and its determinants among children 6-24 months of age was carried out in rural areas of Punjab state in India 30 years after the original study, and following a period of rapid economic growth. The original 1971 study had found a high prevalence of mortality...

India's efforts to address malnutrition have been significant and noteworthy. India's Integrated Child Development Program (ICDS) is the largest child nutrition-related program in the world. The prevalence of malnutrition in India dropped more than 20% since 1960, contributing to significant...

Most large-scale nutrition surveys carried out in developing countries have been conducted to compile or update national or regional data that are independent of project activities. At the same time, a growing number of large scale projects are developing monitoring and evaluation systems that...

The common practice of reducing food consumption during pregnancy is recognized as a primary cause of poor pregnancy outcomes and, in turn, malnutrition among young children in many developing countries including Bangladesh. This paper analyzes data from the 1998 Mid-Term Evaluation of the...

Recognizing the increasing reliance being placed on caring practices in large scale nutrition programs, a study was undertaken in the context of one such program, the Bangladesh Integrated Nutrition Project, to examine the effects of women’s time constraints on the successful implementation of...

During the past fifteen years, there has been a significant increase in efforts to monitor and evaluate large scale nutrition projects. This, in turn, stems from an increased appreciation of the importance of M&E in such projects, and from more stringent demands being made by donors. This paper...

“We Will Never Go Back”, published in 1993, tells the story of nutrition and, more generally, community-based program development in the Iringa Region of Tanzania during the 1980s, and the expansion of this effective programmatic approach to other areas of the country as the Child Survival...

In seeking to improve the micronutrient content of a food supplement used in a major community-based nutrition project in Bangladesh, operations research was conducted to compare the provision of needed micronutrients through additional food sources (fresh or dried fruits or vegetables), a...