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Nita Bhandari
Researcher at All India Institute of Medical Sciences
Publications - 209
Citations - 12263
Nita Bhandari is an academic researcher from All India Institute of Medical Sciences. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Diarrhea. The author has an hindex of 51, co-authored 178 publications receiving 10495 citations. Previous affiliations of Nita Bhandari include University of Maryland, Baltimore & Johns Hopkins University.
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Why invest, and what it will take to improve breastfeeding practices?
Nigel Rollins,Nita Bhandari,Nemat Hajeebhoy,Susan Horton,Chessa K. Lutter,Jose Martines,Ellen Piwoz,Linda Richter,Cesar G. Victora +8 more
TL;DR: The marketing of breastmilk substitutes negatively affects breastfeeding: global sales in 2014 of US$44·8 billion show the industry's large, competitive claim on infant feeding as discussed by the authors.
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Breastfeeding and maternal health outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Ranadip Chowdhury,Bireshwar Sinha,Mari Jeeva Sankar,Sunita Taneja,Nita Bhandari,Nigel Rollins,Rajiv Bahl,Jose Martines +7 more
TL;DR: A systematic literature search was conducted in PubMed Cochrane Library and CABI databases to evaluate the effect of breastfeeding on longterm (breast carcinoma ovarian carcinoma osteoporosis and type 2 diabetes mellitus) and short-term (lactational amenorrhoea post-partum depression postpartum weight change) maternal health outcomes.
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Optimal breastfeeding practices and infant and child mortality: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Mari Jeeva Sankar,Bireshwar Sinha,Ranadip Chowdhury,Nita Bhandari,Sunita Taneja,Jose Martines,Rajiv Bahl +6 more
TL;DR: The evidence for effects of optimal breastfeeding on all‐cause and infection‐related mortality in infants and children aged 0–23 months is synthesised.
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Zinc supplementation in young children with acute diarrhea in India.
TL;DR: For infants and young children with acute diarrhea, zinc supplementation results in clinically important reductions in the duration and severity of diarrhea.
Breastfeeding and maternal health outcomes: a systematic review and
Ranadip Chowdhury,Bireshwar Sinha,Mari Jeeva Sankar,Sunita Taneja,Nita Bhandari,Nigel Rollins,Rajiv Bahl,Jose Martines +7 more
TL;DR: To evaluate the effect of breastfeeding on long‐term and short‐term maternal health outcomes, lactational amenorrhoea, postpartum depression,Postpartum weight change and type 2 diabetes mellitus are evaluated.