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• Mothers’ groups enrich diet and culture through promoting traditional Quichua foods

  This study assessed the nutritional, social, and cultural potential of mothers’ cooking clubs that encouraged mothers to incorporate two wild leafy greens in their child’s diet.
  1 December 2017

• An egg a day enhances growth in resource-poor communities

  This randomized controlled trial investigated the therapeutic efficacy of a daily supplemental egg, compared with usual diet, on enhancing growth among children in resource-poor communities.
  1 November 2017

• Infant and young child feeding practices and stunting in two highland provinces in Ecuador

  In order to better understand the effect of infant and young child feeding (IYCF) practices on stunting, study authors assessed the nutritional status of 293 infants and children (0 and 24 months), living in 14 communities in the provinces of Tungurahua and Chimborazo in Ecuador.
  1 April 2017

• A Community-Based Positive Deviance/Hearth Infant and Young Child Nutrition Intervention in Ecuador Improved Diet and Reduced Underweight

  This study assessed the effectiveness of a Positive Deviance (PD)/Hearth community-based intervention by using local foods and peer-education to improve infant and young child nutrition.
  1 March 2017

• Infant and young child feeding practices and stunting in two highland provinces in Ecuador (2016)

  The present study explored infant and young child feeding (IYCF) practices in the Ecuadorian highlands and how they contribute to stunting.
  6 June 2016