{"title":"\"Infographic: Prevalence of Prelacteal Feeding Across the World\"","authors":"","doi":"10.52439/ttld8483","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.52439/ttld8483","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":261572,"journal":{"name":"Sight and Life Magazine: Focus on Food Culture","volume":"25 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-07-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133828179","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Nutrition and School Performance","authors":"C. Munters","doi":"10.52439/uyfy5126","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.52439/uyfy5126","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":261572,"journal":{"name":"Sight and Life Magazine: Focus on Food Culture","volume":"56 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-07-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115235115","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Beyond Nutrition: Eating, Innovation, and Cultures of Possibility","authors":"Edward F Fischer","doi":"10.52439/kcyk8392","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.52439/kcyk8392","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":261572,"journal":{"name":"Sight and Life Magazine: Focus on Food Culture","volume":"49 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-07-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125855639","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Farm Grows in a Brick City","authors":"Marc Oshima","doi":"10.52439/npzk8193","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.52439/npzk8193","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":261572,"journal":{"name":"Sight and Life Magazine: Focus on Food Culture","volume":"15 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-07-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121695025","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Strengthening Community-Based Nutrition Programs with Mobile Technology","authors":"Sanchay Gupta","doi":"10.52439/wmhr9941","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.52439/wmhr9941","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":261572,"journal":{"name":"Sight and Life Magazine: Focus on Food Culture","volume":"60 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-07-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127139035","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Market-Based Sales of Nutritional Products in Low-Income Settings","authors":"Adrienne Clermont","doi":"10.52439/tzrl5558","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.52439/tzrl5558","url":null,"abstract":"Introduction Lipid-based nutrient supplements (LNS) have grown in popularity in recent years as a promising intervention to improve the nutritional outcomes of children in low-income contexts where the local diet is lacking in key macroand micronutrients. LNS products provide both energy and micronutrients, and have been shown to improve linear growth when consumed by young children.1,2 Such products are currently distributed primarily through humanitarian assistance programs, whose scope and duration are limited by the availability of donor funding. For LNS manufacturers, the fluctuations and unpredictability of a donor-driven funding stream have led to exploration of other potential revenue sources. In particular, there is growing interest in selling LNS products through market mechanisms, directly to consumers, in a financially sustainable manner – that is, at a minimum, recouping all production and distribution costs through sales revenue. This would also allow for greater reach and penetration than current programs, potentially leading to a more significant nutritional impact at a population level. This article examines the case of Haiti, a country with intensely high levels of poverty and food insecurity.3 If market-based sales of LNS were to prove viable in Haiti, this would not only provide a new and sustainable revenue stream for local LNS producers such as Meds & Food for Kids (MFK), based in CapHaitien, Haiti, but would also provide an affordable source of high-quality nutrition for low-income Haitians and an alternative to existing snack foods of poor nutritional value. Study methodology As part of a broader project carried out by Edesia (a US-based LNS producer) and MFK to evaluate the commercial feasibility of selling fortified, peanut-based LNS directly to consumers in Haiti, we conducted focus groups to better understand food purchasing and consumption behaviors among lowand middle-income Haitians. The primary objectives were to understand whether market-based sales of LNS would be affordable, appealing, and culturally appropriate. Formative research of this type is crucially important;4,5 if any of these factors are found to be lacking, sales will not be viable.","PeriodicalId":261572,"journal":{"name":"Sight and Life Magazine: Focus on Food Culture","volume":"20 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-07-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125884612","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Consumer Insight for Improved Nutrition","authors":"Hannah E Theobald","doi":"10.52439/blvx2040","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.52439/blvx2040","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":261572,"journal":{"name":"Sight and Life Magazine: Focus on Food Culture","volume":"57 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-07-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133379904","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}