Area of research
Nutrition and Dietetics · General Health Professions
Research interest
Research interests include Child Nutrition and Water Access, Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations, Iron Metabolism and Disorders, and Folate and B Vitamins Research.
Approaches to Address the Anemia Challenge
Barriers and facilitators to the implementation of mandatory folate fortification as an evidence-based policy to prevent neural tube defects
A global update on the status of prevention of folic acid‐preventable spina bifida and anencephaly in year 2020: 30‐Year anniversary of gaining knowledge about folic acid's prevention potential for neural tube defects
A 2019 global update on folic <scp>acid‐preventable</scp> spina bifida and anencephaly
Fortified Foods Are Major Contributors to Apparent Intakes of Vitamin A and Iodine, but Not Iron, in Diets of Women of Reproductive Age in 4 African Countries
The Fallacy of Using Administrative Data in Assessing the Effectiveness of Food Fortification. Comment on: “Folic Acid Fortification and Neural Tube Defect Risk: Analysis of the Food Fortification Initiative Dataset. Nutrients 2020, 12, 247”
Fortification of wheat and maize flour with folic acid for population health outcomes
Review of Grain Fortification Legislation, Standards, and Monitoring Documents
A 2015 global update on folic acid‐preventable spina bifida and anencephaly
Staple crops biofortified with increased micronutrient content: effects on vitamin and mineral status, as well as health and cognitive function in the general population
The nutrition transition in Colombia over a decade: a novel household classification system of anthropometric measures
Anaemia prevalence may be reduced among countries that fortify flour
Anaemia prevalence over time in Indonesia: estimates from the 1997, 2000, and 2008 Indonesia Family Life Surveys.
Designing appropriate complementary feeding recommendations: tools for programmatic action