Rukshan V. Mehta

Extended kangaroo mother care – Examining the utility of skin-to-skin contact over the first year of life

Rukshan V. Mehta

Kangaroo mother care which involves skin-to-skin contact (SSC) between mothers and newborns with support for exclusive breastfeeding, is an important innovation if practiced beyond the first week of life up to 1-year of age. We posit that extended SSC can benefit postpartum …

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Institutional food waste and the circular economy: Is it time to revisit produce waste in global food supply chains?

Rukshan V. Mehta, Christie Oh

Food waste generated by large systems including hospitals and postsecondary institutions can greatly influence the reduction, reuse, recycling, and recovery of produce and other perishable waste items that are essential to human health and nutrition. We position the issue of food waste …

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Mycotoxins and bone growth: a review of the literature on associations between xenobiotic exposure and bone growth and development

Rukshan V. Mehta, Anthony J. Wenndt

Mycotoxins are secondary metabolites of fungi that are known to be associated with linear growth faltering because of their impact on inflammation, intestinal damage, inhibition of protein synthesis, and micronutrient absorption. In this narrative review, we aim to extend this analysis to …

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Institutional Food Waste and The Circular Economy: Is it Time to Revisit Produce Waste in Global Food Supply Chains?

Rukshan V. Mehta, Christie Oh

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Path Associations between Breastmilk Mycotoxins, Biomarkers of Inflammation, Maternal Body Composition, and Infant Growth: Findings from a Cross-sectional Observational Study

Rukshan V. Mehta, Beena Bose, A Sweekruthi, Sarita Devi et autres

A Three-Phase Frontline Worker Assessment of a Multiple Micronutrient Powder Effectiveness Study: Findings from a Randomized Controlled Trial in Bihar, India

Rukshan V. Mehta, Abhinav Kumar, Aditya Kashyap, Rupesh Kumar et autres

Mycotoxins and Bone Growth: A review of the literature on associations between Xenobiotic Exposure and Bone Growth and Development

Rukshan V. Mehta, Anthony J. Wenndt

Mycotoxins are secondary metabolites of fungi that are known and hypothesized to be associated with linear growth faltering because of their impact on inflammation, intestinal damage, inhibition of protein synthesis and micronutrient absorption. In this narrative review, we aim to extend this …

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Associations between maternal and infant selenium status and child growth in a birth cohort from Dhaka, Bangladesh

Rukshan V. Mehta, Christine Krupa, Tahmeed Ahmed, Davidson Howes Hamer et autres

Abstract Deficiency of essential trace element, Se, has been implicated in adverse birth outcomes and in child linear growth because of its important role in redox biology and associated antioxidant effects. We used data from a randomised controlled trial conducted among a …

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Maternal nutritional status and milk volume and composition in India: an observational study

Melissa Fox Young, Emily Faerber, Rukshan V. Mehta, Samriddhi Ranjan et autres

BACKGROUND: Human milk provides essential nutrition for infants, and its benefits are well established. We lack data on the influence of maternal nutritional status on milk volume and composition in low-middle income countries. OBJECTIVE: We aimed to 1) assess lactation performance (human …

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Accounting for Menstruation Status in Global Anemia Prevalence Surveys – Are We Missing an Important Covariate?

Rukshan V. Mehta, Sirshti Sinha

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Accounting for Menstruation Status in Global Anemia Prevalence Surveys – Are We Missing an Important Covariate?

Rukshan V. Mehta

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Effect of maternal and infant selenium status on child growth in a birth cohort from Dhaka, Bangladesh

Rukshan V. Mehta, Christine Krupa, Tahmeed Ahmed, Davidson Howes Hamer et autres

Abstract Deficiency of selenium, an essential trace element, has been implicated in adverse birth outcomes and the growth of infants and young children. We used data from a randomized controlled trial to examine associations between selenium biomarkers in whole blood (WBSe), serum …

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