Search
Now showing items 1-10 of 49
Association between feeding practices and the nutritional status of children 0- 24 months: a casestudy in Luweero District, Central Uganda
(Makerere University, 2012-11)
Background: Childhood malnutrition is a significant health problem in developing countries and it has lifelong and irreversible effects especially if it occurs during the early stages of infancy. Care giving and infant and ...
Development and evaluation of nutritious fast-cooking bean flours
(2014-08-06)
Background: Common beans (Phaseolus vulgaris L) are grown throughout Uganda. Their consumption is however limited by the long cooking time thus high energy requirement and by the presence of anti-nutrients. There was thus ...
Development of a drinkable, peanut-based therapeutic food.
(2012)
Malnutrition plays a major role in child morbidity and mortality. Its prevalence in Uganda continues to be an area of public concern. High ingredient costs continue to hamper local production of Ready-to-Use Therapeutic ...
Assessment of dietary intake and nutritional status of children (under five years) who are HIV positive attending The Aids Support Organization (TASO) Entebbe
(Makerere University, 2010-11)
BACKGROUND: HIV/AIDS still remains a challenging pandemic worldwide, with Sub-Saharan African being the most affected region. In Uganda, the impact of the disease at household, community and national level has been enormous. ...
Effect of supplementation with iron, vitamin A and zinc on anaemia levels and nutritional status of school children (6-10 years) in Wakiso District
(Makerere University, 2011-08)
Background: Iron deficiency and anaemia during childhood are associated with adverse outcomes like impaired cognitive and motor development and learning difficulties in children. Consumption of diets low in bioavailable ...
Effect of vitamin A-mineral supplementation on serum retinol and overall nutritional status of school children aged 6-10 years in Wakiso District, Uganda: A randomized controlled trial
(Makerere University, 2010-11)
Introduction: School aged children are faced by many nutritional problems including deficiencies of major micronutrients such as Vitamin A, Iron and Zinc. Vitamin A Deficiency is a public health problem in Uganda and efforts ...
Optimization of biogas production from banana peels: Effect of particle size on methane yield
(Makerere University, 2010-10)
The cooking banana cultivars (matooke) in Uganda have so long been considered to have weak linkages to upstream processing. However, the work of the Presidential Initiative on Banana Industrial Development (PIBID) has shown ...
Fusarium and fumonisin contamination of maize produced in Uganda
(Makerere University, 2012-05)
Maize (Zea mays L.) is a staple food for many Ugandans. During production and storage, the crop may be colonised by Fusarium species which may produce fumonisins that are associated with several animal and human illnesses. ...
Nutrition education intervention promoting dried Moringa oleifera Leaf products to improve diets of rural households
(2014-08-06)
Moringa has been predominantly used as medicine but less utilized as food in Uganda yet it is one of the plant species nutritionally rich in protein and micronutrients which are usually deficient in most of the rural ...
Effect of supplementation with zinc, zinc plus, vitamin A and iron on nutritional status of school children (6-10 years) in Uganda: A randomized controlled study
(Makerere University, 2010)
Background: The nutritional status for the school-aged child is largely unknown. Unlike for children under five years of age, few studies have been conducted the age group of 6-10 years. Hence there is a paucity of information ...