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Nutrition and Development Series
What Works? A Review of the Efficacy and Effectiveness of Nutrition Interventions
Written by Lindsay Allen and Stuart Gillespie

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This review of the nutrition science and program literature will help ADB and other development partners in selecting nutrition interventions either as stand-alone activities or components in integrated social welfare programs. The paper emphasizes what works and why.

This publication covers various issues, including

• discussion on micronutrient deficiencies -- Vitamin A, iodine, and anemia
• ways to avert low birth weight
• measures to and improve maternal nutrition, child growth, and cognitive development
• comprehensive review of the efficacy and effectiveness of supplementation and fortification trials
• impact of food-based approaches to improve maternal and child nutrition
• recommendations on a core program of proven efficacy and effectiveness and a level of investment in operations to improve evidence-based nutrition programming

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Contents

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Preliminaries (Foreword, Executive Summary, Authors, Acknowledgements, Table of Contents, List of Abbreviations, Glossary) [ PDF: 102 KB | 20 pages ]

Introduction [ PDF: 87 KB | 4 pages ]

Preventing Low Birthweight [ PDF: 165 KB | 18 pages ]

Improving Child Growth [ PDF: 195 KB | 20 pages ]

Preventing and Treating Anemia [ PDF: 130 KB | 12 pages ]

Preventing and Treating Iodine Deficiency [ PDF: 80 KB | 6 pages ]

Preventing and Treating Vitamin A Deficiency (VAD) [ PDF: 94 KB | 8 pages ]

Effectiveness of Large Scale Interventions [ PDF: 163 KB | 20 pages ]

Prioritizing Options [ PDF: 98 KB | 6 pages ]

References [ PDF: 153 KB | 22 pages ]

Appendixes [ PDF: 62 KB | 8 pages ]