Adelheid W Onyango

Summary

Affiliation: World Health Organization
Country: Switzerland

Publications

  1. ncbi The contribution of breast milk to toddler diets in western Kenya
    Adelheid W Onyango
    Department of Nutrition for Health and Development, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
    Bull World Health Organ 80:292-9. 2002
  2. ncbi Assessment of gross motor development in the WHO Multicentre Growth Reference Study
    Trudy M Wijnhoven
    Department of Nutrition, World Health Organization, 20 Avenue Appia, 1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland
    Food Nutr Bull 25:S37-45. 2004
  3. ncbi Field-testing the WHO child growth standards in four countries
    Adelheid W Onyango
    Department of Nutrition, World Health Organization, CH 1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland
    J Nutr 137:149-52. 2007
  4. ncbi Dietary diversity, child nutrition and health in contemporary African communities
    Adelheid W Onyango
    Department of Nutrition for Health and Development, World Health Organization, 20 Avenue Appia, CH 1211 27, Geneva, Switzerland
    Comp Biochem Physiol A Mol Integr Physiol 136:61-9. 2003
  5. ncbi Post-partum weight change patterns in the WHO Multicentre Growth Reference Study
    Adelheid W Onyango
    Department of Nutrition for Health and Development, World Health Organization, Geneva 27, Switzerland
    Matern Child Nutr 7:228-40. 2011
  6. ncbi Comparison of the World Health Organization (WHO) Child Growth Standards and the National Center for Health Statistics/WHO international growth reference: implications for child health programmes
    Mercedes de Onis
    Department of Nutrition, World Health Organization, 20 Avenue Appia, 1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland
    Public Health Nutr 9:942-7. 2006
  7. ncbi Managing data for a multicountry longitudinal study: experience from the WHO Multicentre Growth Reference Study
    Adelheid W Onyango
    Department of Nutrition, World Health Organization, 20 Avenue Appia, 1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland
    Food Nutr Bull 25:S46-52. 2004
  8. ncbi Comparison of the World Health Organization growth velocity standards with existing US reference data
    Mercedes de Onis
    Department of Nutrition, World Health Organization, 20 Avenue Appia, 1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland
    Pediatrics 128:e18-26. 2011
  9. ncbi Measurement and standardization protocols for anthropometry used in the construction of a new international growth reference
    Mercedes de Onis
    Department of Nutrition, World Health Organization, 20 Avenue Appia, 1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland
    Food Nutr Bull 25:S27-36. 2004
  10. ncbi Comparison of the WHO child growth standards and the CDC 2000 growth charts
    Mercedes de Onis
    Department of Nutrition, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
    J Nutr 137:144-8. 2007

Detail Information

Publications14

  1. ncbi The contribution of breast milk to toddler diets in western Kenya
    Adelheid W Onyango
    Department of Nutrition for Health and Development, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
    Bull World Health Organ 80:292-9. 2002
    ..To understand the relative contributions of breast milk and the weaning diet to overall nutrient intake, with a view to designing and implementing appropriate programmes to improve complementary feeding in developing countries...
  2. ncbi Assessment of gross motor development in the WHO Multicentre Growth Reference Study
    Trudy M Wijnhoven
    Department of Nutrition, World Health Organization, 20 Avenue Appia, 1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland
    Food Nutr Bull 25:S37-45. 2004
    ..Data collection and data quality control took place simultaneously. Data verification and cleaning were performed until all queries had been satisfactorily resolved...
  3. ncbi Field-testing the WHO child growth standards in four countries
    Adelheid W Onyango
    Department of Nutrition, World Health Organization, CH 1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland
    J Nutr 137:149-52. 2007
    ..The overall concordance between clinical assessments and the WHO standards-based indicators attested to the clinical soundness of the standards...
  4. ncbi Dietary diversity, child nutrition and health in contemporary African communities
    Adelheid W Onyango
    Department of Nutrition for Health and Development, World Health Organization, 20 Avenue Appia, CH 1211 27, Geneva, Switzerland
    Comp Biochem Physiol A Mol Integr Physiol 136:61-9. 2003
    ..Dietary diversity is proposed as a candidate indicator of food security and predictor of nutritional status, but there is need for further research to standardize definitions and methodology before it can be applied widely...
  5. ncbi Post-partum weight change patterns in the WHO Multicentre Growth Reference Study
    Adelheid W Onyango
    Department of Nutrition for Health and Development, World Health Organization, Geneva 27, Switzerland
    Matern Child Nutr 7:228-40. 2011
    ..This hypothesis should stimulate investigation into gestational weight gain and post-partum losses in different ethnocultural contexts...
  6. ncbi Comparison of the World Health Organization (WHO) Child Growth Standards and the National Center for Health Statistics/WHO international growth reference: implications for child health programmes
    Mercedes de Onis
    Department of Nutrition, World Health Organization, 20 Avenue Appia, 1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland
    Public Health Nutr 9:942-7. 2006
    ....
  7. ncbi Managing data for a multicountry longitudinal study: experience from the WHO Multicentre Growth Reference Study
    Adelheid W Onyango
    Department of Nutrition, World Health Organization, 20 Avenue Appia, 1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland
    Food Nutr Bull 25:S46-52. 2004
    ..Through the rigorous implementation of what has been a highly demanding protocol, the MGRS has accumulated a large body of very high-quality data...
  8. ncbi Comparison of the World Health Organization growth velocity standards with existing US reference data
    Mercedes de Onis
    Department of Nutrition, World Health Organization, 20 Avenue Appia, 1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland
    Pediatrics 128:e18-26. 2011
    ..The goal of this study was to compare World Health Organization (WHO) growth velocity standards with reference data based on US children...
  9. ncbi Measurement and standardization protocols for anthropometry used in the construction of a new international growth reference
    Mercedes de Onis
    Department of Nutrition, World Health Organization, 20 Avenue Appia, 1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland
    Food Nutr Bull 25:S27-36. 2004
    ..Ongoing central and local monitoring identified anthropometrists deviating from standard procedures, and immediate corrective action was taken. The procedures described in this paper are a model for research settings...
  10. ncbi Comparison of the WHO child growth standards and the CDC 2000 growth charts
    Mercedes de Onis
    Department of Nutrition, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
    J Nutr 137:144-8. 2007
    ..S. national guidelines that recommend breast-feeding as the optimal source of nutrition during infancy...
  11. ncbi Development of a WHO growth reference for school-aged children and adolescents
    Mercedes de Onis
    Department of Nutrition, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
    Bull World Health Organ 85:660-7. 2007
    ..To construct growth curves for school-aged children and adolescents that accord with the WHO Child Growth Standards for preschool children and the body mass index (BMI) cut-offs for adults...
  12. ncbi The WHO Multicentre Growth Reference Study: planning, study design, and methodology
    Mercedes de Onis
    Department of Nutrition, World Health Organization, 20 Avenue Appia, 1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland
    Food Nutr Bull 25:S15-26. 2004
    ....
  13. ncbi Worldwide practices in child growth monitoring
    Mercedes de Onis
    Department of Nutrition, World Health Organization, 1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland
    J Pediatr 144:461-5. 2004
    ..To describe child growth monitoring practices worldwide in preparation for the construction and application of a new international growth reference...
  14. ncbi WHO child growth standards
    Mercedes de Onis
    Lancet 371:204. 2008