Journal of Nutrition & Food Sciences
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International Centre for Diarrheal Disease Research (ICDDR), Bangladesh

Biography

International experience includes various programs, contributions and participation in different countries for diverse fields of study. His research interests include Food, Nutrition and Food technology. Her field of specialization is Food science. Having more of research and academic experience ornamented with a number of national and international publications.

Publications

• Research   
  Dietary Behavior of Pregnant and Lactating Women of Bandarban Hill District, Bangladesh
  Author(s): Abu Ansar Md. Rizwan*, Zafrullah Shamsul SM, Alauddin Chowdhury BM, Rifat Jahan Khan, Abu Ansar Md. Rizwan and Zafrullah Shamsul SM
  
  Background: The Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) is the least developed in all aspects of life and livelihoods in comparison with other parts of Bangladesh. People of this area suffer from extreme poverty due to different natural and man-made disasters resulting in increasing vulnerability, food insecurity and malnutrition, particularly for women, youth and children. In CHT, Bandarban district has a high proportion of people living in extreme poverty, combined with high rates of stunting, under-nutrition and food insecurity along with maternal under-nutrition, low birth weight, preterm birth, maternal anemia. The dietary behavior of the people living here is a major factor of these nutritional disasters. Thus, this study was conducted to assess the dietary behavior of selected pregnant/lactating women from different sub-districts of Bandarban hill district. .. View More»
  DOI: 10.35248/2155-9600.21.11.1000785

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