Yunhee Kang

Stunting (length-for-age z score < -2) before 2 years of age has shown associations with poor child developmental indicators, but information at the population level is scarce in South Asia, the region with the highest burden of stunting. We examined associations between z scores (i.e., height for age [HAZ], weight for age [WAZ], and weight for height [WHZ]) and undernutrition (i.e., stunting [HAZ < -2], wasting [WHZ < -2], and underweight [WAZ < -2]) with learning/cognition and social-emotional

Few trials have shown that promoting complementary feeding among young children is effective in improving child linear growth in resource-challenged settings. We designed a community-based participatory nutrition promotion (CPNP) programme adapting a Positive Deviance/Hearth approach that engaged mothers in 2-week nutrition sessions using the principles of 'learning by doing' around child feeding. We aimed to test the effectiveness of the CPNP for improving child growth in rural Ethiopia. A clus

OBJECTIVE: To examine the association between household food insecurity and dietary diversity in the past 24h (dietary diversity score (DDS, range: 0-9); minimum dietary diversity (MDD, consumption of three or more food groups); consumption of nine separate food groups) among pregnant and lactating women in rural Malawi. DESIGN: Cross-sectional study. SETTING: Two rural districts in Central Malawi. SUBJECTS: Pregnant (n 589) and lactating (n 641) women. RESULTS: Of surveyed pregnant and lactatin

BACKGROUND: School closures and family economic instability caused by the COVID-19 lockdown measures have threatened the mental health and academic progress of adolescents. Through secondary data analysis of World Vision Asia Pacific Region's COVID-19 response-assessments in May-June 2020, this study examined whether adolescents' study, physical, and leisure activities, psychosocial status, and sources of COVID-19 information differed by gender. METHODS: The assessments used cross-sectional surv

Childhood malnutrition remains endemic in South Asia, although the burden varies by country. We examined the anthropometric status and risk factors for malnutrition among children aged 0-59 months through the 2015 National Nutrition Survey in Bhutan. We assessed in 1,506 children nutritional status (by z-scores of height-for-age [HAZ], weight-for-height [WHZ], and weight-for-age [WAZ]), estimating prevalence, adjusted for survey design, of stunting, wasting, underweight, and overweight (<-2 for

Abstract The prevalence of childhood stunting in Myanmar is one of the highest among the countries of Southeast Asia. Cross‐sectional data from the Myanmar Demographic Health Survey 2015–2016 were used to examine risk factors for stunting, wasting, and underweight among children aged 0–59 months. The prevalence of stunting, wasting, and underweight was 29.0%, 7.3%, and 19.2%, respectively. Accounting for sampling design and weights, multivariable logistic regression was conducted with 35 househo

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effectiveness of a community-based participatory nutrition promotion (CPNP) programme involving a 2-week group nutrition session in improving child feeding and hygiene practices among caregivers. DESIGN: Cluster randomized trial. In the intervention area (six clusters), the CPNP programme was added to the context of government nutrition programmes; the control area (six clusters) received the government programme only. Child feeding practices were assessed every 3 mont

Study objectives were to identify the prevalence and risk factors associated with the newly revised WHO indicator of minimum dietary diversity (MDD) among children aged 6–23 months in 7 countries in East and Southern Africa and to identify shared risk factors of programmatic importance across countries. MDD was defined as having >5 of 8 food groups including breastmilk in the past 24 hours. We used Demographic and Health Survey data from four East African countries, (Ethiopia 2015, n = 2965; Tan

This paper explores how Indonesian undocumented migrants in an East Coast city of the United States experience and express their ‘illegality’ due to their unauthorized or not-yet-authorized movement. More specifically, it explores ‘illegality’ as a phenomenological mode of ‘being-in-the world,’ by focusing on Indonesian migrants'embodied and subjective daily experiences. My analysis of the Indonesian migrants' daily experiences of ‘illegality’ reveals how their macro-level legal and social condi

The soil-borne ascomycete fungus Cylindrocarpon destructans causes ginseng root rot disease and produces various secondary metabolites such as brefeldin A and radicicol. The slow growth of this fungus compared with other plant pathogenic and saprophytic fungi in soil disturbs isolation of this fungus from soil and infected ginseng. In this study, we developed a selective medium for C. destructans using radicicol produced by this fungus. Supplementing 50 mg/L of radicicol to medium inhibited the

이 논문은 ‘맛'과 ’향'에 대한 감각적 경험이 어떻게 언어적으로 구성되는지를 논의하기 위하여, 현대 한국사회의 대표적인 기호 식품 중 하나인커피를 대상으로 언어인류학적인 분석을 시도한다. 특히 맛과 향이라는 일상적이고 신체적인 감각이 어떻게 경험되고 소통되는지를 알아보기 위하여 커피 향미에 대한 언어적인 표현과 언어적 상호작용을 분석한다. 여기서특정 커피 향미를 분류하고 표현하기 위해 사용되는 전문적 커피 향미 용어는 단순히 그 향미의 자질을 지시하고 표현할 뿐만 아니라, 화자의 사회적 위치나 정체성을 나타내는 지표성을 가지고 있음에 주목한다. 구체적으로 이 논문은 커피 향미의 분별을 가르치는 커피전문가와 수강생들의 언어적 상호작용을 분석하여, 커피전문가가 어떠한 언어 전략을 통해 일반인들의 감각적인 경험을 정의하고 규정하는지, 나아가 그러한 언어적인 상호작용을 통해서 어떻게 커피에 대한 전문성과 감식안의 권위와 위세가 구성되고 재확인되는지 살펴본다.

In April 2020, Vietnam initiated a country-wide lockdown to curb the spread of COVID-19. This secondary data analysis evaluates whether NGO-supported households ( n = 3,431) reporting to be severely impacted by the lockdowns differ from those reporting a lesser impact, regarding food availability within households and at markets and affordability. 19.2% of respondents indicated that the pandemic had severely impacted their livelihoods. In the severely impacted group, there was a higher percentag