ArticleEuropean journal of clinical nutrition2012
Microbiological quality of complementary foods and its association with diarrhoeal morbidity and nutritional status of Bangladeshi children.
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- Evaluating the impact of a low-cost food storage intervention on complementary food contamination and diarrheal disease in low-income urban households: A randomized controlled trial in Dhaka, Bangladesh.PLOS global public health · 2026Article
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- A Qualitative Exploration in Causes of Water Insecurity Experiences, and Gender and Nutritional Consequences in South-Punjab, Pakistan.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Risk factors for child food contamination in low-income neighbourhoods of Maputo, Mozambique: An exploratory, cross-sectional study.Maternal & child nutrition · 2020Article
- Regional Analysis of Associations between Infant and Young Child Feeding Practices and Diarrhoea in Indian Children.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- The relationship of household assets and amenities with child health outcomes: An exploratory cross-sectional study in India 2015-2016.SSM - population health · 2020Article
- Household water insecurity is strongly associated with food insecurity: Evidence from 27 sites in low- and middle-income countries.American journal of human biology : the official journal of the Human Biology Council · 2020Article
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Abstract
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objectivesTo examine the bacteriological quality of complementary foods (CF) and to correlate the results with diarrhoeal morbidity and nutritional status of Bangladeshi children aged 6-24 months. SUBJECTS/
methodsA total of 212 CF samples were tested, of which 72 were collected immediately before the first time of feeding (≤ 1 h of food preparation) and 140 were collected at second/third time of feeding from 140 households located in urban and rural areas of Bangladesh. Anthropometry, food frequency data and demographic information of the children were collected.
resultsOf the first time feeding samples, 3% from each of urban and rural areas were found to be contaminated with faecal coliforms (FC) at ≥ 100 CFU/g. E. coli was isolated from 11% and 6% of samples, and B. cereus from 8% and 6% of samples from urban and rural areas, respectively. In contrast, 33% of the second/third time feeding samples from urban areas and 19% from rural areas were contaminated with FC at ≥ 100 CFU/g (P<0.05). E. coli was isolated from 40% and 39% of samples, and B. cereus from 33% and 26% of samples from urban and rural areas, respectively. Significantly high numbers of wasted rural children had CF with a high aerobic plate count, which was also significantly associated with diarrhoeal morbidity in children.
conclusionsAround 40% of CF samples were contaminated with E. coli, which was mainly attributable to food preparation practices. Consumption of contaminated CF appeared to be associated with a higher frequency of diarrhoea and malnutrition in children.
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