Ian Darnton-Hill

Biographic Data

ID2413786
NAMEIan Darnton-Hill
GIVEN NAMESIan
FAMILY NAMEDarnton-Hill
SIGNATUREDARNTON-HILL I
AFFILIATIONSUnited Nations Children's Fund
ORCID0000-0003-3135-084X
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS11
TOTAL CITATIONS1
AUTHOR COUNT11
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1985
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2017
H-INDEX1

  • Characterising infant and young child feeding practices and the consumption of poultry products in rural Tanzania

    Open AccessJulia de Bruyn, Brigitte Bagnol et al.ARTICLEMaternal and Child Nutrition2017

    Suboptimal breastfeeding practices, early initiation of complementary feeding, and monotonous cereal-based diets have been implicated as contributors to continuing high rates of child undernutrition in sub-Saharan Africa. Nutrition-sensitive interventions, including agricultural programs that increase access to nutrient-rich vegetables, legumes, and animal-source foods, have the potential to achieve sustainable improvements in children's diets. I…

  • Maternal and child undernutrition

    Open AccessJennifer Bryce, Denise Costa Coitinho et al.ARTICLEThe Lancet2008

  • Reaching optimal iodine nutrition in pregnant and lactating women and young children

    Open AccessJuliawati Untoro, Nune Mangasaryan et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2007

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  • Responding to the crisis in sub-Saharan Africa

    Open AccessMickey Chopra, Ian Darnton-HillARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2006

    In the chapter dealing with education and health, the report of the influential Commission for Africa prioritises basic health systems, HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis. In contrast, nutrition is given less than half a page and is reduced to parasite control and micronutrient support. Such neglect of nutrition is hard to understand in the context of increasing hunger and malnutrition across the continent. Sub-Saharan Africa is the only region i…

  • Achieving the Millennium Development Goals through mainstreaming nutrition

    Open AccessIan Darnton-Hill, Martin W Bloem et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2006

    At the most recent meeting of the Standing Committee on Nutrition of the UN system in Geneva in March of this year (2006) there was a dramatic shift in the tenor of the opening plenary session. Three very high-ranking officials of three of the largest implementing UN agencies (WHO UNICEF World Bank) along with WFP and FAO produced -- independently of one another -- a clear consistent message focusing on the importance of nutrition for development…

  • A life course approach to diet, nutrition and the prevention of chronic diseases

    Open AccessIan Darnton-Hill, Chizuru Nishida et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2004

    Objective: To briefly review the current understanding of the aetiology and prevention of chronic diseases using a life course approach, demonstrating the life-long influences on the development of disease. Design: A computer search of the relevant literature was done using Medline-‘life cycle’ and ‘nutrition’ and reviewing the articles for relevance in addressing the above objective. Articles from references dated before 1990 were followed up se…

  • The impact of consuming iron from non-food sources on iron status in developing countries

    Open AccessPhilip WJ Harvey, Patricia B Dexter et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2000

    Objective To determine the impact of contaminant iron and geophagy on iron intake and status of persons living in developing countries. Design Literature for review was identified by searching Medline and Agricola, from appropriate other texts and from three reports from the Opportunities for Micronutrient Interventions (OMNI) Project of USAID. Setting The dietary intake of iron by people living in developing countries is generally high but iron …

  • Feast and famine

    Open AccessIan Darnton-Hill, ET CoyneARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition1998

    Objective: To review current information on under- and over-malnutrition and the consequences of socioeconomic disparities on global nutrition and health. Design: Malnutrition, both under and over, can no longer be addressed without considering global food insecurity, socioeconomic disparity, both globally and nationally, and global cultural, social and epidemiological transitions. Setting: The economic gap between the more and less affluent nati…

  • Sociodemographic and health factors in the well-being of homeless men in Sydney, Australia

    Open AccessIan Darnton-Hill, John A Mandryk et al.ARTICLESocial Science & Medicine1990Cited by: 1References: 16

  • Vitamin A deficiency in Bangladesh

    Open AccessIan Darnton-HillARTICLEHealth Policy and Planning1988

    Vitamin A deficiency is a major problem in Bangladesh, accounting for something like 30 000 children under sixyears of age going blind each year, and at least half of these dying within weeks of the blinding episode National studies have confirmed widespread low intakes of vitamin A in the diet and high prevalences of signs and symptoms of xerophthalmia. These prevalences are all well in excess of WHO threshold levels at which a major public heal…

  • Infant feeding in Mogadishu, Somalia

    Ali Osman Nur, Ian Darnton-Hill et al.ARTICLEEcology of Food and Nutrition1985

    A sample of 384 mothers with a child under 12 months of age and living in Mogadishu, Somalia, were interviewed concerning infant feeding beliefs and practices. Forty‐two nurses from Mother and Child Health Centres were also interviewed. Socio‐demographic factors which might affect infant feeding were investigated, including the place of birth of the child and the education of parents. It was found that 46 % of the children less than one year old …