Stella Nordhagen
Biographic Data
| ID | 2479745 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Stella Nordhagen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Stella |
| FAMILY NAME | Nordhagen |
| SIGNATURE | NORDHAGEN S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3801-3769 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 22 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 47 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 22 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Informality in food environments
Food systems policy coherence
Policy coherence is widely recognised as essential for achieving food systems transformation, but attempts to assess food systems policy coherence have been limited to date in terms of their scope of topics and geographies and lack of comparable methods. This paper introduces the Food Systems Policy Coherence (FSPC) Diagnostic Tool and uses it to analyse food systems policy coherence across 10 low- and middle-income countries in Africa and Asia t…
Dual challenges, shared wins
This paper provides a practical framework for identifying opportunities to integrate nutrition-related activities within climate financing, aiming to enhance resilience, strengthen adaptation efforts, and advance climate mitigation goals through a nutrition lens. By doing so, global stakeholders can address the dual crises of climate change and malnutrition, driving transformative outcomes for people and the planet
Livelihood implications of dietary shifts to animal-source food alternatives
Although dietary shifts from animal-source foods (ASFs) to alternatives (Alt-ASFs) could considerably affect livelihoods in food supply chains, the effects will likely vary by the type of Alt-ASFs. In this Review we identified 45 studies, including descriptive analysis of the present state of the sector and modelling studies of future trends. Key findings indicate that cell-based foods would likely reduce overall employment opportunities, while f…
Improving complementary feeding practices, programs and policies for optimal early childhood nutrition in Kenya
Complementary feeding practices are greatly influenced by local contexts. Therefore, national home-grown evidence, policies and guidelines are critical to improving infant and young children's diets. This Special Issue has provided a comprehensive, evidence-based analysis of the situation, gaps and context-specific opportunities for improving young children's diets in Kenya. The primary research findings of the Special Issue supported the identif…
Identifying and understanding barriers to optimal complementary feeding in Kenya
Optimal complementary feeding between the ages of 6 and 23 months provides children with the required range of nutritious and safe foods while continuing to be breastfed to meet their needs for essential nutrients and develop their full physical and cognitive potential. The rates of exclusive breastfeeding in the first 6 months of life have increased from 32% in 2008 to 60% in 2022 in Kenya. However, the proportion of children between 6 and 23 mo…
Modelling policies to improve affordability and consumption of nutritious foods for complementary feeding in Kenya
In Kenya 26% of children under age 5 experience stunted growth, 4% are wasted and 11% are underweight. In pregnant women, the prevalence of iron deficiency is 36% and iron-deficiency anaemia prevalence is 26%. Previous studies have identified affordability as a key barrier to the intake of nutrients, particularly from animal-source foods (ASFs). Thus, this study analyzes to what extent the affordability of ASF in Kenya can be improved. It focuses…
Understanding consumer beliefs and choices related to food safety
Objective: Provide an in-depth examination of consumers’ food safety beliefs and practices to draw implications for interventions to improve nutrition and food safety in Ethiopia. Design: Adapted Focused Ethnographic Study approach using in-person semi-structured interviews and free-listing exercises, in two iterative phases. Setting: A traditional food market in Hawassa, a mid-sized city. Participants: Forty-six market shoppers, selected randoml…
Food safety through the eyes of rural market vendors in northwest Nigeria
Can we estimate the impact of small targeted dietary changes on human health and environmental sustainability
A recent analysis by Stylianou et al. (2021) estimated the impact of small dietary changes in the consumption of individual foods on human health and the environment, expressed as minutes of healthy life lost or gained daily combined with dietary carbon footprints. While an appealing concept given its simplistic interpretation, we aim to draw the attention of nLCA practitioners and developers to the significant limitations and uncertainties of th…
Engaging men in maternal, infant and young child nutrition in rural Tanzania
There is growing recognition that engaging men in maternal, infant and young child nutrition (MIYCN) interventions can benefit child health and disrupt harmful gender norms. We conducted a cluster-randomized controlled trial in Tanzania, which engaged men and women in behaviour change via mobile messaging (short message service [SMS]) and traditional interpersonal communication (IPC), separately and in combination. Here, we evaluate intervention …
Diets of infants and young children in two counties of Kenya
Infant and young child feeding (IYCF) practices are influenced by many context-specific factors related to local food systems as well as social and cultural practices. Understanding these local contextual perspectives is essential for designing effective programs and policies. This paper uses focused ethnographic study methods to examine challenges experienced by mothers related to IYCF in two counties in Kenya, a country with considerable hetero…
A subnational affordability assessment of nutritious foods for complementary feeding in Kenya
Complementary feeding among children aged 6-23 months is a key determinant of micronutrient deficiencies and childhood stunting, the burdens of which remain high in Kenya. This study examines the affordability of complementary foods to increase young children's nutrient consumption across eight provinces in Kenya. We combined data from household surveys, food composition tables and published sources to estimate the cost of portion sizes that coul…
Beliefs, values, and sociocultural patterns related to food safety in low- and middle-income countries
Between the city and the farm
Objective: Artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) is a widespread livelihood in low- and middle-income countries; however, many in ASM communities face high levels of poverty and malnutrition. The food environments in ASM communities have non-agricultural rural characteristics that differ from those in urban and agricultural rural areas examined in much existing food environment literature. Design: We examine these complex external and personal f…
Assessing the challenges to women’s access and implementation of text messages for nutrition behaviour change in rural Tanzania
Objective: This process evaluation aimed to understand factors affecting the implementation of a government-sponsored short message service (SMS) programme for delivering nutrition information to rural populations, including message access, acceptability and putting messages into action. Design: The study was nested within a larger randomised controlled trial. Cross-sectional data collection included structured surveys and in-depth interviews. Da…
Viewpoint
Food systems that support healthy diets in sustainable, resilient, just, and equitable ways can engender progress in eradicating poverty and malnutrition; protecting human rights; and restoring natural resources. Food system activities have contributed to great gains for humanity but have also led to significant challenges, including hunger, poor diet quality, inequity, and threats to nature. While it is recognized that food systems are central t…
Covid-19 and small enterprises in the food supply chain
Food and nutrition security play an essential role in weathering and overcoming the COVID-19 pandemic-and in achieving sustainable development. In most low- and middle-income countries, micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) play an essential role in food supply chains and thus in ensuring food and nutrition security. However, limited attention has been paid to how these critical food system actors are being impacted by the pandemic a…
Gendered differences in crop diversity choices
Implementing small‐scale poultry‐for‐nutrition projects
This paper examines Helen Keller International's model for nutrition-sensitive poultry production using a programme implemented in four diverse African contexts-three rural and one urban. Consecutive cross-sectional surveys conducted every 5 months among ~15% of participating households show that despite project-provided training and inputs, there was only limited uptake of many "best practices." Few households constructed improved henhouses; vac…
Feeding the Household, Growing the Business, or Just Showing Off? Farmers' Motivations for Crop Diversity Choices in Papua New Guinea
The Impact of Climate Shocks on Seed Purchase Decisions in Malawi
Viewpoint
Food systems that support healthy diets in sustainable, resilient, just, and equitable ways can engender progress in eradicating poverty and malnutrition; protecting human rights; and restoring natural resources. Food system activities have contributed to great gains for humanity but have also led to significant challenges, including hunger, poor diet quality, inequity, and threats to nature. While it is recognized that food systems are central t…
Covid-19 and small enterprises in the food supply chain
Food and nutrition security play an essential role in weathering and overcoming the COVID-19 pandemic-and in achieving sustainable development. In most low- and middle-income countries, micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) play an essential role in food supply chains and thus in ensuring food and nutrition security. However, limited attention has been paid to how these critical food system actors are being impacted by the pandemic a…
The Impact of Climate Shocks on Seed Purchase Decisions in Malawi
Can we estimate the impact of small targeted dietary changes on human health and environmental sustainability
A recent analysis by Stylianou et al. (2021) estimated the impact of small dietary changes in the consumption of individual foods on human health and the environment, expressed as minutes of healthy life lost or gained daily combined with dietary carbon footprints. While an appealing concept given its simplistic interpretation, we aim to draw the attention of nLCA practitioners and developers to the significant limitations and uncertainties of th…
Gendered differences in crop diversity choices
Food safety through the eyes of rural market vendors in northwest Nigeria
The Impact of Climate Shocks on Seed Purchase Decisions in Malawi
Feeding the Household, Growing the Business, or Just Showing Off? Farmers' Motivations for Crop Diversity Choices in Papua New Guinea
Implementing small‐scale poultry‐for‐nutrition projects
This paper examines Helen Keller International's model for nutrition-sensitive poultry production using a programme implemented in four diverse African contexts-three rural and one urban. Consecutive cross-sectional surveys conducted every 5 months among ~15% of participating households show that despite project-provided training and inputs, there was only limited uptake of many "best practices." Few households constructed improved henhouses; vac…
Gendered differences in crop diversity choices
Between the city and the farm
Objective: Artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) is a widespread livelihood in low- and middle-income countries; however, many in ASM communities face high levels of poverty and malnutrition. The food environments in ASM communities have non-agricultural rural characteristics that differ from those in urban and agricultural rural areas examined in much existing food environment literature. Design: We examine these complex external and personal f…
Assessing the challenges to women’s access and implementation of text messages for nutrition behaviour change in rural Tanzania
Objective: This process evaluation aimed to understand factors affecting the implementation of a government-sponsored short message service (SMS) programme for delivering nutrition information to rural populations, including message access, acceptability and putting messages into action. Design: The study was nested within a larger randomised controlled trial. Cross-sectional data collection included structured surveys and in-depth interviews. Da…
Viewpoint
Food systems that support healthy diets in sustainable, resilient, just, and equitable ways can engender progress in eradicating poverty and malnutrition; protecting human rights; and restoring natural resources. Food system activities have contributed to great gains for humanity but have also led to significant challenges, including hunger, poor diet quality, inequity, and threats to nature. While it is recognized that food systems are central t…
Covid-19 and small enterprises in the food supply chain
Food and nutrition security play an essential role in weathering and overcoming the COVID-19 pandemic-and in achieving sustainable development. In most low- and middle-income countries, micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) play an essential role in food supply chains and thus in ensuring food and nutrition security. However, limited attention has been paid to how these critical food system actors are being impacted by the pandemic a…
Engaging men in maternal, infant and young child nutrition in rural Tanzania
There is growing recognition that engaging men in maternal, infant and young child nutrition (MIYCN) interventions can benefit child health and disrupt harmful gender norms. We conducted a cluster-randomized controlled trial in Tanzania, which engaged men and women in behaviour change via mobile messaging (short message service [SMS]) and traditional interpersonal communication (IPC), separately and in combination. Here, we evaluate intervention …
Diets of infants and young children in two counties of Kenya
Infant and young child feeding (IYCF) practices are influenced by many context-specific factors related to local food systems as well as social and cultural practices. Understanding these local contextual perspectives is essential for designing effective programs and policies. This paper uses focused ethnographic study methods to examine challenges experienced by mothers related to IYCF in two counties in Kenya, a country with considerable hetero…
A subnational affordability assessment of nutritious foods for complementary feeding in Kenya
Complementary feeding among children aged 6-23 months is a key determinant of micronutrient deficiencies and childhood stunting, the burdens of which remain high in Kenya. This study examines the affordability of complementary foods to increase young children's nutrient consumption across eight provinces in Kenya. We combined data from household surveys, food composition tables and published sources to estimate the cost of portion sizes that coul…
Beliefs, values, and sociocultural patterns related to food safety in low- and middle-income countries
Can we estimate the impact of small targeted dietary changes on human health and environmental sustainability
A recent analysis by Stylianou et al. (2021) estimated the impact of small dietary changes in the consumption of individual foods on human health and the environment, expressed as minutes of healthy life lost or gained daily combined with dietary carbon footprints. While an appealing concept given its simplistic interpretation, we aim to draw the attention of nLCA practitioners and developers to the significant limitations and uncertainties of th…
Improving complementary feeding practices, programs and policies for optimal early childhood nutrition in Kenya
Complementary feeding practices are greatly influenced by local contexts. Therefore, national home-grown evidence, policies and guidelines are critical to improving infant and young children's diets. This Special Issue has provided a comprehensive, evidence-based analysis of the situation, gaps and context-specific opportunities for improving young children's diets in Kenya. The primary research findings of the Special Issue supported the identif…
Identifying and understanding barriers to optimal complementary feeding in Kenya
Optimal complementary feeding between the ages of 6 and 23 months provides children with the required range of nutritious and safe foods while continuing to be breastfed to meet their needs for essential nutrients and develop their full physical and cognitive potential. The rates of exclusive breastfeeding in the first 6 months of life have increased from 32% in 2008 to 60% in 2022 in Kenya. However, the proportion of children between 6 and 23 mo…
Modelling policies to improve affordability and consumption of nutritious foods for complementary feeding in Kenya
In Kenya 26% of children under age 5 experience stunted growth, 4% are wasted and 11% are underweight. In pregnant women, the prevalence of iron deficiency is 36% and iron-deficiency anaemia prevalence is 26%. Previous studies have identified affordability as a key barrier to the intake of nutrients, particularly from animal-source foods (ASFs). Thus, this study analyzes to what extent the affordability of ASF in Kenya can be improved. It focuses…
Understanding consumer beliefs and choices related to food safety
Objective: Provide an in-depth examination of consumers’ food safety beliefs and practices to draw implications for interventions to improve nutrition and food safety in Ethiopia. Design: Adapted Focused Ethnographic Study approach using in-person semi-structured interviews and free-listing exercises, in two iterative phases. Setting: A traditional food market in Hawassa, a mid-sized city. Participants: Forty-six market shoppers, selected randoml…
Food safety through the eyes of rural market vendors in northwest Nigeria
Informality in food environments
Food systems policy coherence
Policy coherence is widely recognised as essential for achieving food systems transformation, but attempts to assess food systems policy coherence have been limited to date in terms of their scope of topics and geographies and lack of comparable methods. This paper introduces the Food Systems Policy Coherence (FSPC) Diagnostic Tool and uses it to analyse food systems policy coherence across 10 low- and middle-income countries in Africa and Asia t…
Dual challenges, shared wins
This paper provides a practical framework for identifying opportunities to integrate nutrition-related activities within climate financing, aiming to enhance resilience, strengthen adaptation efforts, and advance climate mitigation goals through a nutrition lens. By doing so, global stakeholders can address the dual crises of climate change and malnutrition, driving transformative outcomes for people and the planet
Livelihood implications of dietary shifts to animal-source food alternatives
Although dietary shifts from animal-source foods (ASFs) to alternatives (Alt-ASFs) could considerably affect livelihoods in food supply chains, the effects will likely vary by the type of Alt-ASFs. In this Review we identified 45 studies, including descriptive analysis of the present state of the sector and modelling studies of future trends. Key findings indicate that cell-based foods would likely reduce overall employment opportunities, while f…
Medicine (12 works) · Child Nutrition and Water Access (11 works) · Geography (9 works) · Business (8 works) · Economics (8 works) · Agriculture (7 works) · Environmental health (7 works) · Agricultural economics (5 works) · Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact (5 works) · Context (archaeology (5 works)