Helena Pachon

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Affiliation: International Food Policy Research Institute

Publications

  1. ncbi Breastfeeding in infancy: identifying the program-relevant issues in Bangladesh
    Rukhsana Haider
    Training and Assistance for Health and Nutrition TAHN Foundation, Bangladesh
    Int Breastfeed J 5:21. 2010
  2. ncbi Acceptability and safety of novel infant porridges containing lyophilized meat powder and iron-fortified wheat flour
    Helena Pachon
    Division of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA
    Food Nutr Bull 28:35-46. 2007
  3. ncbi Homogenization, lyophilization or acid-extraction of meat products improves iron uptake from cereal-meat product combinations in an in vitro digestion/Caco-2 cell model
    Helena Pachon
    Division of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
    Br J Nutr 101:816-21. 2009
  4. ncbi Chicken thigh, chicken liver, and iron-fortified wheat flour increase iron uptake in an in vitro digestion/Caco-2 cell model
    Helena Pachon
    Division of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
    Nutr Res 28:851-8. 2008
  5. ncbi Iron, zinc, and protein bioavailability proxy measures of meals prepared with nutritionally enhanced beans and maize
    H Pachon
    Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical, AA, Cali, Colombia
    J Food Sci 74:H147-54. 2009
  6. ncbi Effect of an integrated child nutrition intervention on the complementary food intake of young children in rural north Viet Nam
    Helena Pachon
    Division of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA
    Food Nutr Bull 23:62-9. 2002
  7. ncbi Identifying candidate sites for crop biofortification in Latin America: case studies in Colombia, Nicaragua and Bolivia
    Emmanuel Zapata-Caldas
    Department of Geography, Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia
    Int J Health Geogr 8:29. 2009

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Publications7

  1. ncbi Breastfeeding in infancy: identifying the program-relevant issues in Bangladesh
    Rukhsana Haider
    Training and Assistance for Health and Nutrition TAHN Foundation, Bangladesh
    Int Breastfeed J 5:21. 2010
    ..In Bangladesh, many programs and projects have been promoting breastfeeding since the late 1980 s. Breastfeeding practices, however, have not improved accordingly...
  2. ncbi Acceptability and safety of novel infant porridges containing lyophilized meat powder and iron-fortified wheat flour
    Helena Pachon
    Division of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA
    Food Nutr Bull 28:35-46. 2007
    ..Lyophilized meat powder with iron-fortified wheat flour can be used to produce an infant porridge with bioavailable iron, but its acceptability and safety are unknown...
  3. ncbi Homogenization, lyophilization or acid-extraction of meat products improves iron uptake from cereal-meat product combinations in an in vitro digestion/Caco-2 cell model
    Helena Pachon
    Division of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
    Br J Nutr 101:816-21. 2009
    ..03) in the liver-flour combination. Homogenization of beef and homogenization, lyophilization, or acid-extraction of chicken liver increases the enhancing effect of meat products on iron absorption in iron-fortified cereals...
  4. ncbi Chicken thigh, chicken liver, and iron-fortified wheat flour increase iron uptake in an in vitro digestion/Caco-2 cell model
    Helena Pachon
    Division of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
    Nutr Res 28:851-8. 2008
    ..In the proportion of 3:1 fortified food:meat examined, meat increases the bioavailability of iron-fortified foods, but iron-fortified foods do not enhance total iron bioavailability when added to meat...
  5. ncbi Iron, zinc, and protein bioavailability proxy measures of meals prepared with nutritionally enhanced beans and maize
    H Pachon
    Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical, AA, Cali, Colombia
    J Food Sci 74:H147-54. 2009
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  6. ncbi Effect of an integrated child nutrition intervention on the complementary food intake of young children in rural north Viet Nam
    Helena Pachon
    Division of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA
    Food Nutr Bull 23:62-9. 2002
    ..The intervention improved children's food and energy intake and protected them from declining as rapidly as comparison children in meeting their energy requirements...
  7. ncbi Identifying candidate sites for crop biofortification in Latin America: case studies in Colombia, Nicaragua and Bolivia
    Emmanuel Zapata-Caldas
    Department of Geography, Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia
    Int J Health Geogr 8:29. 2009
    ..This project developed a method to identify populations at risk of nutrient deficiency in zones with high crop production, places where biofortification interventions could be targeted...