Helen Keller International’s Assessment & Research on Child Feeding (ARCH) Project and UNICEF hosted a webinar: ‘Preparing for the Codex Committee on Nutrition and Foods for Special Dietary Uses (CCNFSDU) 2021’ on November 3, 2021. Access the presentation in English. Presenters: Alison Fleet, Project Specialist, UNICEF Jane Badham, Consultant to ARCH Project Ndeye Yaga Sy,…
Helen Keller International’s Assessment & Research on Child Feeding (ARCH) Project and UNICEF hosted a webinar: ‘Preparing for the Codex Committee on Nutrition and Foods for Special Dietary Uses (CCNFSDU) 2021’ on November 2, 2021. Access the presentation in French. Presenters: Katherine Shats, Nutrition Legal Specialist, UNICEF Jane Badham, Consultant to ARCH Project Alissa Pries,…
This presentation was delivered by Alissa Pries, PhD at the workshop ‘A Balancing Act: Ensuring optimal child nutrition & preventing conflict of interest’ at the International Congress of Dietetics (ICD) 2021 Virtual Congress on September 4, 2021.
As part of the Scaling Up Nutrition Civil Society Alliance (SUN CSA) Cambodia, Helen Keller International/ARCH, along with Alive & Thrive and World Vision International Cambodia, was pleased to celebrate World Breastfeeding Week under the theme ‘Protecting breastfeeding: A shared responsibility’ during the month of August. The COVID-19 pandemic has further emphasized the need to…
This study assessed the composition, nutrient content, nutrient content claims and related labelling practices as declared on the labels of 68 commercially produced complementary foods (CPCF) purchased in Khsach Kandal District, Kandal Province, Cambodia in 2020 against global standards and guidance (Codex Alimentarius and WHO), and relevant national legislation. The study also compared the nutrient…
This study assessed the composition, nutrient content, nutrient content claims and related labelling practices as declared on the labels of 211 commercially produced complementary foods (CPCF) purchased in Bandung City, Indonesia in 2017 against global standards and guidance (Codex Alimentarius and WHO), and relevant national legislation. The study also compared the nutrient content (as determined…
Aggressive marketing of infant formula in health facilities discourages breastfeeding. The International Code of Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes (the Code) prohibits any type of promotion of breast-milk substitutes (BMS) in health facilities. The Code calls on health workers to protect parents from predatory BMS industry marketing practices and has specific provisions for health workers on…
This article was published in the journal Maternal & Child Nutrition in April 2021. Abstract Suboptimal breastfeeding is common in Indonesia, with only half of infants 0–5 months of age exclusively breastfed and feeding of breastmilk substitutes (BMS) highly prevalent among infants and toddlers. Various factors influence these feeding practices, including social norms, limited health system support…
This article was published in the journal Maternal & Child Nutrition in April 2021. Abstract ‘Growing‐up milks’ (GUMs)—breast‐milk substitutes targeted for young children (aged 12–36 months)—are commonly consumed in Indonesia. The World Health Assembly has stated that GUMs are not necessary for proper growth and development, and recently, the American Academy of Pediatrics declared that such…
My ARCH colleagues’ latest findings in Kathmandu Valley, Nepal reveals some good news that the prevalence of mother-child dyads suffering from coexisting multiple burdens of malnutrition is still relatively low. A little over 8 percent in their study sample were an overweight mother with an undernourished child (“double burden”), and only about 3 percent were…
