Sunita Taneja

Datos Biográficos

ID3928245
NOMBRESunita Taneja
NOMBRESSunita
APELLIDOTaneja
FIRMATANEJA S
AFILIACIONESSociety for Applied Studies
ORCID0000-0003-3338-9799
VERIFICADOSí
TOTAL DE OBRAS32
TOTAL DE CITAS5
TOTAL COMO AUTOR32
TOTAL COMO EDITOR0
PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN2005
AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN2026
ÍNDICE H1

  • Impact of early pregnancy body mass index and gestational weight gain on birth outcomes

    Open AccessSaijuddin Shaikh, Ranadip Chowdhury et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2026

    Early pregnancy low body mass index (BMI) and inadequate gestational weight gain (IGWG) are significant risk factors for adverse birth outcomes. However, the specific risks among underweight women with IGWG or excessive GWG (EGWG), as well as overweight/obese women with IGWG or EGWG, compared to normal BMI women with adequate GWG (AGWG), remain poorly defined.The primary objective is to estimate the risk of small for gestational age (SGA) among w…

  • Prayas

    Open AccessAnuj Kumar Pandey, Anju Pradhan Sinha et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2025

    Purpose: The PRAYAS Individual Patient Data Meta-analysis (IPD-MA) database aims to estimate the prevalence of anemia among children under 18 years, non-pregnant and non-lactating (NPNL) women, and pregnant women (by trimester), with further stratification by age group, year, and region of India. Beyond prevalence, it seeks to address the etiological contribution of iron and other erythropoietic micronutrient deficiencies and to evaluate the effe…

  • Benefit–cost analysis of an integrated package of interventions during preconception, pregnancy and early childhood in India

    Open AccessTarun Shankar Choudhary, Sarmila Mazumder et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2025

    BACKGROUND: We have previously shown that an integrated intervention package delivered during preconception, pregnancy and early childhood substantially reduces low birth weight and stunting at 24 months of age compared with routine care. Now we conduct a benefit-cost analysis to estimate the return on investment of this integrated approach in India. This increases the policy relevance of trial results, given the low investment in healthcare in I…

  • Impact of an integrated intervention package during preconception, pregnancy, and early childhood on inflammation, IGF-1, IGFBP3 during first 6 months of life

    Open AccessRanadip Chowdhury, Urmimala Maiti et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2025

    Early-life interventions targeting maternal and child health, nutrition, and psychosocial care may influence infant growth and immune development by modulating systemic inflammation and growth factor pathways. However, causal evidence on comprehensive, integrated interventions initiated during early life remains limited. This study was nested in a factorial randomized controlled trial involving women aged 18–30 years. Participants were randomized…

  • Treatment strategies for non-responders to oral iron and folic acid treatment in anemic children

    Open AccessRukman Manapurath, Sunita Taneja et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2025

    Background Iron and folic acid (IFA) are essential nutrients, with deficiencies associated not only with anemia but also with other significant health consequences, including impaired cognitive development, increased susceptibility to infections, and adverse pregnancy outcomes. Despite the widespread use of IFA for management, a notable percentage of individuals failed to respond resulting in persistent anemia. This systematic review investigates…

  • Management of undernutrition during preconception and pregnancy in an urban setting in North India

    Open AccessNeeta Dhabhai, Ranadip Chowdhury et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2024

    Introduction: The prevalence of underweight in women of reproductive age (WRA) in South Asia remains unacceptably high. Underweight women suffer from lowered immunity, infertility, and a risk of developing non-communicable diseases. In pregnancy, undernutrition results in poor neonatal and maternal outcomes. We present the findings and the management strategy of undernutrition in the preconception and pregnancy phase intervention group in the WIN…

  • Impact of nutritional and multiple micronutrients supplementation to lactating mothers 6 months postpartum on the maternal and infant micronutrient status

    Open AccessRukman Manapurath, Ranadip Chowdhury et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2024

    Objectives: To assess the impact of nutritional and multiple-micronutrient supplementation to lactating mothers on the micronutrient status of mother–infant dyad at 6 months of age postnatally. Design: This study was a trial that aimed to investigate the impact of maternal nutritional supplementation on infant growth. A secondary objective was to assess the effect on the micronutrient status of mother–infant pairs. The intervention group mothers …

  • Prognostic value of different anthropometric indices over different measurement intervals to predict mortality in 6–59-month-old children

    Open AccessAndré Briend, Mark Myatt et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2023

    Objective: To compare the prognostic value of mid-upper arm circumference (MUAC), weight-for-height Z -score (WHZ) and weight-for-age Z -score (WAZ) for predicting death over periods of 1, 3 and 6 months follow-up in children. Design: Pooled analysis of twelve prospective studies examining survival after anthropometric assessment. Sensitivity and false-positive ratios to predict death within 1, 3 and 6 months were compared for three individual an…

  • Anthropometric criteria for best-identifying children at high risk of mortality

    Open AccessTanya Khara, Mark Myatt et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2023

    Objective: To understand which anthropometric diagnostic criteria best discriminate higher from lower risk of death in children and explore programme implications. Design: A multiple cohort individual data meta-analysis of mortality risk (within 6 months of measurement) by anthropometric case definitions. Sensitivity, specificity, informedness and inclusivity in predicting mortality, face validity and compatibility with current standards and prac…

  • Effect of kangaroo mother care initiated in community settings on financial risk protection of low-income households

    Open AccessTarun Shankar Choudhary, Sarmila Mazumder et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2022

    INTRODUCTION: Many families in low-income and middle-income countries have high out-of-pocket expenditures (OOPE) for healthcare, and some face impoverishment. We aimed to assess the effect of Kangaroo Mother Care initiated in community setting (ciKMC) on financial risk protection estimated by healthcare OOPE, catastrophic healthcare expenditure (CHE) and impoverishment due to healthcare seeking for low birthweight infants, using a randomised con…

  • Preconception and periconception interventions to prevent low birth weight, small for gestational age and preterm birth

    Open AccessUttara Partap, Ranadip Chowdhury et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2022

  • Effect of community‐initiated kangaroo mother care on breastfeeding performance in low birthweight infants

    Open AccessBireshwar Sinha, Halvor Sommerfelt et al.ARTICLEMaternal and Child Nutrition2022

    This individually randomized trial was conducted to estimate the effect of promoting community-initiated kangaroo mother care (ciKMC) in low birthweight (LBW) infants on infant breastfeeding performance. It was designed as a substudy within a larger primary trial on ciKMC and infant survival. Five hundred fifty stable LBW mother-infant dyads (1500-2250 g) who provided consent, were consecutively enroled for breastfeeding performance assessment. T…

  • Gestational weight gain and pregnancy outcomes

    Open AccessRanadip Chowdhury, Nitika Nitika et al.ARTICLEMaternal and Child Nutrition2021

    Despite the high prevalence of inadequate gestational weight gain (GWG) and adverse pregnancy outcomes, very few studies have addressed the association between GWG and pregnancy outcomes in South Asia. Our objectives were to estimate the prevalence of GWG during the second and third trimesters within, below and above the Institute of Medicine (IOM) guidelines, and to estimate the effect of the rate and adequacy of GWG on gestational age at the ti…

  • Health equity impact of community-initiated kangaroo mother care

    Open AccessTarun Shankar Choudhary, Sarmila Mazumder et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal for Equity…2021

    ClinicalTrials.gov, NCT02653534 . Registered January 12, 2016-Retrospectively registered

  • Predictors of recovery in children aged 6–59 months with uncomplicated severe acute malnutrition

    Open AccessSam Marconi David, Sam Marconi et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2021

    Objective: To identify predictors of recovery in children with uncomplicated severe acute malnutrition (SAM). Design: This is a secondary data analysis from an individual randomised controlled trial, where children with uncomplicated SAM were randomised to three feeding regimens, namely ready-to-use therapeutic food (RUTF) sourced from Compact India, locally prepared RUTF or augmented home-prepared foods, under two age strata (6–17 months and 18–…

  • Risk of dietary and breastmilk exposure to mycotoxins among lactating women and infants 2–4 months in northern India

    Open AccessRukshan Mehta, Anthony Wenndt et al.ARTICLEMaternal and Child Nutrition2020

    Mycotoxins are carcinogenic secondary metabolites of fungi that have been linked to infant growth faltering. In this study, we quantified co-occurring mycotoxins in breast milk and food samples from Haryana, India, and characterized determinants of exposure. Deterministic risk assessment was conducted for mothers and infants. We examined levels of eight mycotoxins (Aflatoxin B 1 , B 2 , G 1 , G 2 , M 1 , M 2 ; Ochratoxin A, B) in 100 breast milk …

  • A mixed-methods study of pesticide exposures in Breastmilk and Community & Lactating Women’s perspectives from Haryana, India

    Open AccessRukshan Mehta, M A Sreenivasa et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2020

    CTRI/2017/01/007636 , Date Registered: 06/01/2017. CTRI website: http://ctri.nic.in/Clinicaltrials/pdf_generate.php?trialid=17249&EncHid=&modid=&compid=%27,%2717249det%27

  • Severe wasting among Indian infants <6 months

    Open AccessTarun Shankar Choudhary, Akanksha Srivastava et al.ARTICLEMaternal and Child Nutrition2019

    Burden and risk factors for wasting in the first 6 months of life among Indian children are not well documented. We used data from India's National Family Health Survey 4 to estimate the prevalence of severe wasting (weight for length < ‐3 SD ) among 18,898 infants under 6 months of age. We also examined the association of severe wasting with household, maternal, and child‐related factors using multivariable logistic regression analysis. Prevalen…

  • Kangaroo mother care

    Open AccessSarmila Mazumder, Ravi Prakash Upadhyay et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2018

    Trial registration number CTRI/2015/10/006267 . Name of Registry: Clinical Trials Registry - India. URL of Registry: http://ctri.nic.in/Clinicaltrials/login.php Date of Registration: 15/10/2015. Date of enrolment of the first participant to the trial: 18/04/2015

  • Immunization practices in low birth weight infants from rural Haryana, India

    Open AccessRavi Prakash Upadhyay, Ranadip Chowdhury et al.ARTICLEJournal of Global Health2017

    BACKGROUND: Low birth weight (LBW) infants constitute a vulnerable subset of infants with impaired immunity in early life. In India, there is scarcity of studies that focus on immunization practices in such infants. This analysis aimed to examine immunization practices in LBW infants with the intention to identify areas requiring intervention. METHODS: Data on immunization status of LBW infants enrolled in an individually randomized, double-maske…

  • Low‐birthweight infants born to short‐stature mothers are at additional risk of stunting and poor growth velocity

    Open AccessBireshwar Sinha, Sunita Taneja et al.ARTICLEMaternal and Child Nutrition2017

    Low-birthweight (LBW) infants are at an increased risk of stunting and poor linear growth. The risk might be additionally higher in these infants when born to short mothers. However, this hypothesis has been less explored. The objective of this secondary data analysis was to determine the risk of linear growth faltering and difference in linear growth velocity in LBW infants born to short mothers (<150 cm) compared to those born to mothers with h…

  • Management of childhood diarrhea among private providers in Uttar Pradesh, India

    Open AccessChrista L Fisher Walker, Sunita Taneja et al.ARTICLEJournal of Global Health2016

    BACKGROUND: In Uttar Pradesh (UP), India, a new initiative to introduce zinc and reinvigorate ORS for diarrhea treatment in the public and private sectors was rolled out in selected districts. We conducted an external evaluation of the program that included assessing the knowledge and practices of private sector providers 6 months after the initial program rollout. METHODS: We conducted interviews and direct observations among a randomly selected…

  • Diarrhea no more

    Open AccessAmnesty LeFevre, Amnesty E LeFevre et al.ARTICLEJournal of Global Health2016

    BACKGROUND: India has the greatest burden of diarrhea in children under 5 years globally. The Diarrhea Alleviation through zinc and oral rehydration salts (ORS) Therapy program (2010-2014) sought to improve access to and utilization of zinc and ORS among children 2-59 months in Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh (UP), India, through public and private sector delivery channels. In this analysis, we present findings on program's effect in reducing child-hea…

  • Economic costs to caregivers of diarrhoea treatment among children below 5 in rural Gujarat India

    Open AccessSamuel D Shillcutt, Amnesty LeFevre et al.ARTICLEHealth Policy and Planning2016Citada por: 1Referencias: 31

    INTRODUCTION: Diarrhoea is a leading cause of mortality among young children in India although few receive the recommended treatment. The diarrhoea alleviation through zinc and oral rehydration salts (ORS) therapy (DAZT) team initiated a programme in Gujarat from 2011 to 2013 to increase coverage of these interventions through public and private providers at scale. This study evaluates the economic impact of diarrhoea to caregivers before and aft…

  • Optimal breastfeeding practices and infant and child mortality

    Open AccessMari Jeeva Sankar, Bireshwar Sinha et al.ARTICLEActa Paediatrica2015