Suboptimal thiamin status is common in Cambodian women of childbearing age Whitfield, KC, Liu, Y, Karakochuk, CD, Talukder, A, Kroeun, H, Kevanna, O, Kitts, DD, Li-Chan, ECY, McLean, J, Green TJ Sponsored by Hosted by Presented at the International Food Security Dialogue 2014 Enhancing Food Production, Gender Equity and Nutritional Security in a Changing World Under-nutrition measures for women and children in Africa and Asia
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Suboptimal thiamin status is common in Cambodian women of childbearing age
Whitfield, KC, Liu, Y, Karakochuk, CD, Talukder, A, Kroeun, H, Kevanna, O, Kitts, DD, Li-Chan, ECY, McLean, J, Green TJ
Sponsored by Hosted by
Presented at the International Food Security Dialogue 2014
Enhancing Food Production, Gender Equity and Nutritional Security in a Changing World
Under-nutrition measures for women and children in Africa and Asia
The Fish on Farms project is being jointly conducted by the University of
British Columbia (UBC) and Helen Keller International (HKI), with technical assistance from World Fish, in Prey Veng Province, Cambodia.
This randomized control trial investigates an integrated Homestead Food Production models in relation to poverty, gender empowerment, and food
and nutrition security, particularly among women and children.
This is the first project known to rigorously measure the effectiveness of different models of Homestead Food Production at reducing undernutrition
using biochemical and anthropometric measurements.
University of British Columbia Ministry of Health, Cambodia Dr. Tim Green, Associate Professor, Human Nutrition Ministry of Planning, Cambodia Dr. Judy McLean, Assistant Professor, Human Nutrition Dr. Susan Barr, Professor, Human Nutrition Dr. Larry Lynd, Professor & Director, Collaboration for Outcomes Research & Evaluation Dr. Tony Farrell, Professor, Centre for Aquaculture and Environmental Research Dr. David Kitts, Professor, Food Science & Associate Dean of Research Dr. Ian Forster, Centre for Aquaculture and Environmental Research Jen Foley, Fish on Farms Program Coordinator
Helen Keller International - Cambodia Graduate Students Dr. Zaman Talukder Kyly Whitfield (PhD, Nutrition) Mr. Hou Kroeun Crystal Karakochuk (PhD, Nutrition) Ms. Ly Sokhoing Vashti Verbowski (MSc, Nutrition) Field Research Team Pardis Lakzadeh (MSc, Public Health)
Jeff Tang (BSc, Science)
Karen People of Mae La Refugee Camp
• Thai-Burmese border; settled in 1986
• High infant mortality rate unrelated to major killers • diarrhea and respiratory illness
• Between 1987 – 1990, infantile beriberi caused 40% of all infant deaths
McGready et al 2001; Luxemburger et al 2003; Stuetz et al 2012