Browsing Faculty of Health Sciences by Author "Covic, Namukolo"
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Effect of small-quantity lipid-based nutrient supplements on growth, psychomotor development, iron status, and morbidity among 6- to 12-mo-old infants in South Africa: a randomized controlled trial
Smuts, Cornelius M.; Matsungo, Tonderayi M.; Malan, Linda; Kruger, Herculina S.; Rothman, Marinel; Covic, Namukolo; Joosten, Karen; Lombard, Carl J.; Faber, Mieke (Oxford Univ Press, 2019)Background Evidence on the effect of small-quantity lipid-based nutrient supplements (SQ-LNSs) on early child growth and development is mixed. Objective This study assessed the effect of daily consumption of 2 different ... -
Infant development at the age of 6 months in relation to feeding practices, iron status, and growth in a peri-urban community of South Africa
Rothman, Marinel; Faber, Mieke; Covic, Namukolo; Matsungo, Tonderayi M.; Cockeran, Marike; Smuts, Cornelius M. (MDPI, 2018)Background: Evidence on the association between feeding practices, iron deficiency, anaemia, stunting, and impaired psychomotor development during infancy is limited. This study assessed the association between psychomotor ... -
Inventory on the dietary assessment tools available and needed in Africa: a prerequisite for setting up a common methodological research infrastructure for nutritional surveillance, research, and prevention of diet-related non-communicable diseases
Pisa, Pedro T.; Vorster, Hester H.; Jerling, Johann; Covic, Namukolo; Kruger, Annamarie; Landais, Edwige (Taylor & Francis, 2018)Objective: To carry out an inventory on the availability, challenges, and needs of dietary assessment (DA) methods in Africa as a pre-requisite to provide evidence, and set directions (strategies) for implementing common ... -
Iodine status and associations with feeding practices and psychomotor milestone development in six-month-old South African infants
Osei, Jennifer; Baumgartner, Jeannine; Rothman, Marinel; Matsumgo, Tonderayi M.; Smuts, Cornelius M.; Covic, Namukolo (Wiley, 2017)Iodine is important for normal growth and psychomotor development. While infants below 6 months of age receive iodine from breast milk or fortified infant formula, the introduction of complementary foods poses a serious ...