Preferred Delivery Method and Acceptability of Wheat-Soy Blend (WSB++) as a Daily Complementary Food Supplement in Northwest Bangladesh

Abu Ahmed Shamim; Abu A.M. Hanif; Rebecca D. Merrill; Rebecca K. Campbell; Mehnaz Alam Kumkum; Saijuddin Shaikh; Saskia de Pee; Tahmeed Ahmed; Monira Parveen; Sucheta Mehra; Rolf D.W. Klemm; Alain B. Labrique; Keith P. West; Parul Christian

doi:10.1080/03670244.2014.930030

Preferred Delivery Method and Acceptability of Wheat-Soy Blend (WSB++) as a Daily Complementary Food Supplement in Northwest Bangladesh

Abu Ahmed Shamim, Abu A.M. Hanif, Rebecca D. Merrill, Rebecca K. Campbell, Mehnaz Alam Kumkum, Saijuddin Shaikh, Saskia de Pee, Tahmeed Ahmed, Monira Parveen, Sucheta Mehra, Rolf D.W. Klemm, Alain B. Labrique, Keith P. West, Parul Christian

Bloomberg School of Public Health

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Fortified blended foods (FBFs) are widely used to prevent undernutrition in early childhood in food-insecure settings. We field tested enhanced Wheat Soy Blend (WSB++)—a FBF fortified with micronutrients, milk powder, sugar, and oil—in preparation for a complementary food supplement (CFS) trial in rural northwestern Bangladesh. Formative work was conducted to determine the optimal delivery method (cooked vs. not) for this CFS, to examine mothers’ child feeding practices with and acceptance of the WSB++, and to identify potential barriers to adherence. Our results suggest WSB++ is an acceptable CFS in rural Bangladesh and the requirement for mothers to cook WSB++ at home is unlikely to be a barrier to its daily use as a CFS in this population.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	74-92
Number of pages	19
Journal	Ecology of Food and Nutrition
Volume	54
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/03670244.2014.930030
State	Published - Jan 2 2015

Keywords

Bangladesh
children
complementary feeding
supplements
wheat-soy blend

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Medicine (miscellaneous)
Food Science
Ecology

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Shamim, A. A., Hanif, A. A. M., Merrill, R. D., Campbell, R. K., Kumkum, M. A., Shaikh, S., de Pee, S., Ahmed, T., Parveen, M., Mehra, S., Klemm, R. D. W., Labrique, A. B., West, K. P., & Christian, P. (2015). Preferred Delivery Method and Acceptability of Wheat-Soy Blend (WSB++) as a Daily Complementary Food Supplement in Northwest Bangladesh. Ecology of Food and Nutrition, 54(1), 74-92. https://doi.org/10.1080/03670244.2014.930030

Shamim, AA, Hanif, AAM, Merrill, RD, Campbell, RK, Kumkum, MA, Shaikh, S, de Pee, S, Ahmed, T, Parveen, M, Mehra, S, Klemm, RDW, Labrique, AB , West, KP & Christian, P 2015, 'Preferred Delivery Method and Acceptability of Wheat-Soy Blend (WSB++) as a Daily Complementary Food Supplement in Northwest Bangladesh', Ecology of Food and Nutrition, vol. 54, no. 1, pp. 74-92. https://doi.org/10.1080/03670244.2014.930030

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