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| Rosalind S GibsonSummaryAffiliation: University of Otago Country: New Zealand Publications
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Using reference nutrient density goals with food balance sheet data to identify likely micronutrient deficits for fortification planning in countries in the Western Pacific regionRosalind S Gibson
Department of Human Nutrition, University of Otago, Union St, PO Box 56, Dunedin 9015, New Zealand
Food Nutr Bull 33:S214-20. 2012..However, such data are seldom collected in low-income countries. In contrast, Food Balance Sheets (FBS), published annually for approximately 180 countries, may provide a source of national data for program planning...
A micronutrient-fortified food enhances iron and selenium status of Zambian infants but has limited efficacy on zincRosalind S Gibson
Department of Human Nutrition, University of Otago, Dunedin 9054, New Zealand
J Nutr 141:935-43. 2011....- Design and quality control issues related to dietary assessment, randomized clinical trials and meta-analysis of field-based studies in developing countriesRosalind S Gibson
Department of Human Nutrition, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
J Nutr 133:1569S-73S. 2003..Meta-analysis is a statistical technique involving linear models or generalized linear models, which can be performed after locating the individual studies, and selecting and abstracting all the necessary data... - Experiences of a community-based dietary intervention to enhance micronutrient adequacy of diets low in animal source foods and high in phytate: a case study in rural Malawian childrenRosalind S Gibson
Department of Human Nutrition, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
J Nutr 133:3992S-3999S. 2003..More efforts to raise small animals and promote their consumption are needed to enhance dietary quality and ensure optimal growth, health and cognitive development in young Malawian children... - Zinc: the missing link in combating micronutrient malnutrition in developing countriesRosalind S Gibson
Department of Human Nutrition, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
Proc Nutr Soc 65:51-60. 2006.... - Improving the bioavailability of nutrients in plant foods at the household levelRosalind S Gibson
Department of Human Nutrition, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
Proc Nutr Soc 65:160-8. 2006..In community-based studies in rural Malawi improvements in dietary quality and arm-muscle area and reductions in the incidence of anaemia and common infections in young children have been observed... - Does zinc deficiency play a role in stunting among primary school children in NE Thailand?Rosalind S Gibson
Department of Human Nutriton, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
Br J Nutr 97:167-75. 2007..Hence, zinc deficiency may be a factor limiting linear growth, especially among boys in NE Thailand, but more research is needed to establish whether other factors also play a role... - The role of diet- and host-related factors in nutrient bioavailability and thus in nutrient-based dietary requirement estimatesRosalind S Gibson
Department of Human Nutrition, University of Otago, New Zealand
Food Nutr Bull 28:S77-100. 2007..Currently, there are often large differences in the adjustments employed to convert physiological requirements to dietary requirements, even among countries consuming diets of similar patterns... 
Zinc, gravida, infection, and iron, but not vitamin B-12 or folate status, predict hemoglobin during pregnancy in Southern EthiopiaRosalind S Gibson
Department of Human Nutrition, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand 9015
J Nutr 138:581-6. 2008..Despite some early functional vitamin B-12 deficiency, there was no macrocytic anemia. Consumption of fermented enset may have increased vitamin B-12 levels in diet and plasma...- Indicators of zinc status at the population level: a review of the evidenceRosalind S Gibson
Department of Hunan Nutrition, University of Otago, Union Street, PO Box 56, Dunedin 9015, New Zealand
Br J Nutr 99:S14-23. 2008..More research is needed to establish the validity, specificity, sensitivity, and feasibility of these new biomarkers, especially in community-settings... - A review of interventions based on dietary diversification or modification strategies with the potential to enhance intakes of total and absorbable zincRosalind S Gibson
Department of Human Nutrition, University of Otago, New Zealand
Food Nutr Bull 30:S108-43. 2009.... - A review of phytate, iron, zinc, and calcium concentrations in plant-based complementary foods used in low-income countries and implications for bioavailabilityRosalind S Gibson
Department of Human Nutrition, University of Otago, Union Street, PO Box 56, Dunedin 9015, New Zealand
Food Nutr Bull 31:S134-46. 2010.... - Higher risk of zinc deficiency in New Zealand Pacific school children compared with their Māori and European counterparts: a New Zealand national surveyRosalind S Gibson
Department of Human Nutrition, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
Br J Nutr 105:436-46. 2011..However, a lack of concordance with the risk of dietary Zn inadequacy suggests the need for better defined cut-offs in children... - Risk of suboptimal iron and zinc nutriture among adolescent girls in Australia and New Zealand: causes, consequences, and solutionsR S Gibson
Department of Human Nutrition, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
Asia Pac J Clin Nutr 11:S543-52. 2002..Many of the strategies for enhancing the content and bioavailability of dietary iron are also appropriate for zinc... - Inadequate feeding practices and impaired growth among children from subsistence farming households in Sidama, Southern EthiopiaRosalind S Gibson
Department of Human Nutrition, University of Otago, New Zealand
Matern Child Nutr 5:260-75. 2009..In conclusion, interventions that address the WHO guiding principles for complementary feeding practices and behaviours, as well as prenatal influences on growth, are urgently required in this setting... - Dietary diversification/modification strategies to enhance micronutrient content and bioavailability of diets in developing countriesR S Gibson
Department of Human Nutrition, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
Br J Nutr 85:S159-66. 2001..Implementation of these household strategies has the potential to increase the bioavailability of iron and zinc in rural Malawian diets from low to high... - Suboptimal zinc status in pregnant Malawian women: its association with low intakes of poorly available zinc, frequent reproductive cycling, and malariaR S Gibson
Department of Human Nutrition, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
Am J Clin Nutr 67:702-9. 1998..We conclude that low intakes of poorly available dietary zinc, frequent reproductive cycling, and malaria prevalence are three major factors in the etiology of suboptimal zinc status in these rural, pregnant Malawian women... - Are changes in food consumption patterns associated with lower biochemical zinc status among women from Dunedin, New Zealand?R S Gibson
Department of Human Nutrition, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
Br J Nutr 86:71-80. 2001..11.9 v. 12.3 micromol/l, We postulate that the lower biochemical Zn status of these New Zealand women may be associated in part with changes in food selection patterns, which have led to a reduction in the bioavailability of dietary Zn... - Can dietary treatment of non-anemic iron deficiency improve iron status?A L Heath
Department of Human Nutrition, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
J Am Coll Nutr 20:477-84. 2001.... - Dietary interventions to prevent zinc deficiencyR S Gibson
Department of Human Nutrition, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
Am J Clin Nutr 68:484S-487S. 1998..In this way, community participation and awareness of zinc deficiency might be enhanced and the dietary strategies planned will be appropriate and sustainable... - Primary school children from northeast Thailand are not at risk of selenium deficiencyWoravimol Krittaphol
Department of Human Nutrition, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
Asia Pac J Clin Nutr 15:474-81. 2006..51 +/- 24 micro g/d; P< 0.010). In conclusion, there appears to be no risk of selenium deficiency among these northeast Thai children... - Co-existing micronutrient deficiencies among stunted Cambodian infants and toddlersVictoria P Anderson
Department of Human Nutrition, University of Otago, PO Box 56, Dunedin, New Zealand
Asia Pac J Clin Nutr 17:72-9. 2008..In conclusion, anaemia, and deficiencies of iron, zinc, and vitamin A are severe public health problems among these stunted Cambodian children. Intervention strategies addressing multiple micronutrient deficiencies are needed... - Multiple micronutrient deficiencies persist during early childhood in MongoliaRebecca L Lander
Department of Human Nutrition, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
Asia Pac J Clin Nutr 17:429-40. 2008..Of the children, 78% were at risk of > or = two coexisting micronutrient deficiencies emphasizing the need for multimicronutrient interventions in Mongolia... - Low zinc, iron, and calcium intakes of Northeast Thai school children consuming glutinous rice-based diets are not exacerbated by high phytateWoravimol Krittaphol
Department of Human Nutrition, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
Int J Food Sci Nutr 57:520-8. 2006..Whether the low calcium intakes compromise optimal bone health in these growing Northeast Thai school children is unknown... - Efficacy of a community-based dietary intervention to enhance micronutrient adequacy of high-phytate maize-based diets of rural Malawian childrenFiona Yeudall
Department of Human Nutrition, University of Otago, PO Box 56, Dunedin 9015, New Zealand
Public Health Nutr 8:826-36. 2005..CONCLUSIONS: Our community-based dietary strategies reduced the predicted prevalence of inadequate intakes of protein, calcium, zinc and vitamin B12, but not iron, in children from Malawian households with very limited resources... - Intakes from non-breastmilk foods for stunted toddlers living in poor urban villages of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, are inadequateVictoria P Anderson
Department of Human Nutrition, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
Matern Child Nutr 4:146-59. 2008..Instead, the feasibility of micronutrient fortification of the rice-based diets of Cambodian toddlers should be explored... - Influence of an iron intervention on the zinc status of young adult New Zealand women with mild iron deficiencyNicolas R Prosser
Department of Human Nutrition, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
Br J Nutr 104:742-50. 2010..In conclusion, Zn status was not improved compared with placebo by an Fe-based dietary intervention. However, a daily moderate-dose Fe supplement with meals appeared to lower Zn status in these young adult women... - Plasma selenium concentrations in pregnant women in two countries with contrasting soil selenium levelsRosalind S Gibson
Department of Human Nutrition, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
J Trace Elem Med Biol 25:230-5. 2011..Selenium has an important role in antioxidant defense and cell mediated immunity. Plasma selenium is a useful biomarker for comparing selenium status across populations, and influenced by selenium levels of soils and plants... - Food-based strategies improve iron status in toddlers: a randomized controlled trial12Ewa A Szymlek-Gay
Departments of Human Nutrition and Preventive and Social Medicine, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
Am J Clin Nutr 90:1541-51. 2009..Nonanemic iron deficiency is common in toddlers in developed countries. Food-based strategies are safe methods to control and prevent mild micronutrient deficiencies... - Vitamin B12 and folate status of older New Zealand womenNynke de Jong
Department of Human Nutrition, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
Asia Pac J Clin Nutr 12:85-91. 2003..In conclusion, there was a moderately high prevalence of hyperhomocysteinaemia and suboptimal plasma vitamin B12 concentrations but not low blood folate concentrations in this elderly female population... - Zinc and iron status during pregnancy of Filipino womenNynke de Jong
Department of Human Nutrition, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
Asia Pac J Clin Nutr 11:186-93. 2002..Anaemia and/or suboptimal zinc status during pregnancy may be related to low birthweight in the Philippines, and their aetiology deserves further study... - Are breast-fed infants and toddlers in New Zealand at risk of iodine deficiency?Sheila A Skeaff
Department of Human Nutrition, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
Nutrition 21:325-31. 2005..This study assessed the iodine status of New Zealand infants and toddlers and explored factors that might influence their iodine status... - Complementary feeding practices and dietary intakes from complementary foods amongst weanlings in rural MalawiC Hotz
Department of Human Nutrition, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
Eur J Clin Nutr 55:841-9. 2001.... - Dietary intakes of 6-24-month-old urban South Island New Zealand children in relation to biochemical iron statusPatsy Soh
Department of Human Nutrition, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
Public Health Nutr 5:339-46. 2002..CONCLUSIONS: Toddlers were at higher risk of sub-optimal iron intakes than infants. Results suggest that a diet high in bioavailable iron is important for optimising the iron stores of young children in New Zealand... - Macronutrient and selected vitamin intakes from complementary foods of infants and toddlers from Cebu, PhilippinesLeah A Perlas
Department of Human Nutrition University of Otago, PO Box 56, Dunedin 9015, New Zealand
Int J Food Sci Nutr 55:1-15. 2004..Nutrient deficits were greater for rural children compared with urban children, and were attributed to low intakes of energy, as well as cellular animal protein, fruits and vegetables... - Red meat and a fortified manufactured toddler milk drink increase dietary zinc intakes without affecting zinc status of New Zealand toddlersEmily J Morgan
Department of Human Nutrition, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
J Nutr 140:2221-6. 2010..Dietary zinc intakes achievable via interventions based on red meat or a FTMD are unlikely to improve biochemical zinc status in NZ toddlers. These results also question cutoffs used to define zinc deficiency in toddlers... - Assessment of home-based processing methods to reduce the phytate content and phytate/zinc molar ratio of white maize (Zea mays)C Hotz
Department of Human Nutrition, P O Box 56, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
J Agric Food Chem 49:692-8. 2001..The latter soaking procedures were simple and effective and were suitable for household use in rural Malawian communities... - Risk of zinc, iodine and other micronutrient deficiencies among school children in North East ThailandR A Thurlow
Department of Human Nutrition, University of Otago, New Zealand
Eur J Clin Nutr 60:623-32. 2006..CONCLUSION: The findings emphasize the need for multimicronutrient interventions in North East Thailand... - Effect of folic acid supplementation on plasma zinc concentrations of young womenTimothy J Green
Department of Human Nutrition, University of Otago, PO Box 56, Dunedin, New Zealand
Nutrition 19:522-3. 2003..Women of reproductive age are advised to consume supplements or fortified foods containing at least 400 microg/d folic acid for the prevention of neural tubes defects. Concerns exist about the adverse effects of folic acid on zinc status... - The role of blood loss and diet in the aetiology of mild iron deficiency in premenopausal adult New Zealand womenA L Heath
Department of Human Nutrition, University of Otago, PO Box 56, Dunedin, New Zealand
Public Health Nutr 4:197-206. 2001..Women should be encouraged to maintain a healthy body weight, and those who choose to donate blood, or who experience nose bleeds, should have their iron stores monitored... - Participatory nutrition education and adoption of new feeding practices are associated with improved adequacy of complementary diets among rural Malawian children: a pilot studyC Hotz
Department of Human Nutrition, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
Eur J Clin Nutr 59:226-37. 2005..To introduce practices for improving complementary feeding and evaluate their adoption and association with improved dietary intakes... - Iron deficiency and risk factors for lower iron stores in 6-24-month-old New ZealandersP Soh
Department of Human Nutrition, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
Eur J Clin Nutr 58:71-9. 2004.... - Efficacy of a multi-micronutrient dietary intervention based on haemoglobin, hair zinc concentrations, and selected functional outcomes in rural Malawian childrenF Yeudall
Department of Human Nutrition, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
Eur J Clin Nutr 56:1176-85. 2002.... - Mild iodine deficiency in a sample of New Zealand schoolchildrenS A Skeaff
Department of Human Nutrition, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
Eur J Clin Nutr 56:1169-75. 2002..To assess the iodine status of New Zealand schoolchildren... - A home-based method to reduce phytate content and increase zinc bioavailability in maize-based complementary dietsC Hotz
Department of Human Nutrition, PO Box 56, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
Int J Food Sci Nutr 52:133-42. 2001..The bioavailability of zinc from the complementary diet would predict an increase from low (24%) to moderate (33%) levels... - Selenium and zinc status are suboptimal in a sample of older New Zealand women in a community-based studyN De Jong
Department of Human Nutrition, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
J Nutr 131:2677-84. 2001.... - Factors influencing growth and intestinal parasitic infections in preschoolers attending philanthropic daycare centers in Salvador, Northeast Region of BrazilRebecca L Lander
Department of Human Nutrition, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
Cad Saude Publica 28:2177-88. 2012..Deworming is considered an alternative for reducing the prevalence of intestinal parasitic infections in this age group... - Poor dietary quality of complementary foods is associated with multiple micronutrient deficiencies during early childhood in MongoliaR Lander
Department of Human Nutrition, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
Public Health Nutr 13:1304-13. 2010..To assess whether persistent micronutrient deficiencies in Mongolian children identified in our earlier biochemical study are associated with inadequacies in quantity and/or quality in their complementary diets... - Community-based dietary phytate reduction and its effect on iron status in Malawian childrenMark J Manary
Department of Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis Children s Hospital, One Children s Place, St Louis, MO 63110, USA
Ann Trop Paediatr 22:133-6. 2002..Phytate was removed by soaking maize flour in excess water with phytase and decanting the water before cooking the flour. Iron status, as measured by soluble transferrin receptor and zinc protoporphyrin, was improved but not normal... - Dietary treatment of iron deficiency?Anne Louise M Heath
Am J Clin Nutr 76:687. 2002 - Efficacy and tolerability of low-dose iron supplements during pregnancy: a randomized controlled trialMaria Makrides
Child Nutrition Research Centre, Child Health Research Institute, and Department of Paediatrics, University of Adelaide, Women s and Children s Hospital, North Adelaide, SA, Australia
Am J Clin Nutr 78:145-53. 2003..Iron deficiency anemia (IDA) is common in pregnant women, but previous trials aimed at preventing IDA used high-dose iron supplements that are known to cause gastrointestinal side effects... - A multimicronutrient-fortified seasoning powder enhances the hemoglobin, zinc, and iodine status of primary school children in North East Thailand: a randomized controlled trial of efficacyPattanee Winichagoon
Institute of Nutrition, Mahidol University, Salaya, Thailand
J Nutr 136:1617-23. 2006.... - Zinc homeostasis in Malawian children consuming a high-phytate, maize-based dietMark J Manary
Department of Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 75:1057-61. 2002..The gastrointestinal tract plays a central role in absorbing and conserving zinc, yet it has not been carefully studied in such children... - Traditional food-processing and preparation practices to enhance the bioavailability of micronutrients in plant-based dietsChristine Hotz
HarvestPlus, c o International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington, DC 20006 1002, USA
J Nutr 137:1097-100. 2007..The suitability of these strategies and their impact on nutritional status and functional health outcomes need to be more broadly assessed... - Only a small proportion of anemia in northeast Thai schoolchildren is associated with iron deficiencyRosanne A Thurlow
Institute of Nutrition, Mahidol University, Salaya, Thailand
Am J Clin Nutr 82:380-7. 2005..The contribution of iron deficiency to anemia was low, and its detection was complicated by coexisting suboptimal vitamin A status... - Household dietary strategies to enhance the content and bioavailability of iron, zinc and calcium of selected rice- and maize-based Philippine complementary foodsLeah A Perlas
Food and Nutrition Research Institute, Department of Science and Technology, Bicutan, Taguig, Metro Manila, Philippines
Matern Child Nutr 1:263-73. 2005..Enrichment with animal protein or soaking has the potential to enhance the content of absorbable iron, zinc, and probably calcium to varying degrees in rice- and maize-based Philippine complementary foods... - Major variables of zinc homeostasis in Chinese toddlersXiao Yang Sheng
Department of Child and Adolescent Health, Xin Hua Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
Am J Clin Nutr 84:389-94. 2006..The data required for this approach have not been available for toddlers, whose requirements have been estimated by extrapolation from other age groups... - Zinc absorption during late pregnancy in rural southern EthiopiaK Michael Hambidge
Section of Nutrition, Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 84:1102-6. 2006..Little is yet known about zinc absorption in late pregnancy, and no information on absorption from the total diet is available... - International Zinc Nutrition Consultative Group (IZiNCG) technical document #1. Assessment of the risk of zinc deficiency in populations and options for its controlKenneth H Brown
Program in International Nutrition, University of California, Davis, USA
Food Nutr Bull 25:S99-203. 2004 - Inadequate intakes of dietary zinc among pregnant women from subsistence households in Sidama, Southern EthiopiaYewelsew Abebe
College of Agriculture, Hawassa University, Awassa, Ethiopia
Public Health Nutr 11:379-86. 2008..To assess the prevalence of zinc inadequacy based on dietary intakes and plasma zinc concentrations and, simultaneously, the prevalence of inadequate intakes of energy, protein, calcium and iron... - A micronutrient-fortified seasoning powder reduces morbidity and improves short-term cognitive function, but has no effect on anthropometric measures in primary school children in northeast Thailand: a randomized controlled trialMari Skar Manger
Institute of Nutrition, Mahidol University, Salaya, Thailand
Am J Clin Nutr 87:1715-22. 2008..Reductions in iodine and zinc deficiencies and improvements in hemoglobin were achieved from a micronutrient-fortified seasoning powder consumed in school lunches by children in northeast Thailand...