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Rafael Flores-Ayala
Researcher at Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Publications - 63
Citations - 2177
Rafael Flores-Ayala is an academic researcher from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Anemia. The author has an hindex of 23, co-authored 52 publications receiving 1621 citations. Previous affiliations of Rafael Flores-Ayala include Emory University.
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The Global Nutrition Report 2014: Actions and Accountability to Accelerate the World’s Progress on Nutrition
Lawrence Haddad,Endang Achadi,Mohamed Ag Bendech,Arti Ahuja,Komal Bhatia,Zulfiqar A Bhutta,Monika Blössner,Elaine Borghi,Esi K Colecraft,Mercedes de Onis,Kamilla Eriksen,Jessica Fanzo,Rafael Flores-Ayala,Patrizia Fracassi,Elizabeth W. Kimani-Murage,Eunice Nago Koukoubou,Julia Krasevec,Holly Newby,Rachel Nugent,Stineke Oenema,Yves Martin-Prével,Judith Randel,Jennifer Harris Requejo,Tara Shyam,Emorn Udomkesmalee,K. Srinath Reddy +25 more
TL;DR: By focusing on undernutrition and overweight, the GNR puts malnutrition in a new light and identifies bottlenecks in the scale-up of nutrition-specific and nutrition-sensitive approaches and highlights actions to accelerate coverage and reach.
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Adjusting ferritin concentrations for inflammation: Biomarkers Reflecting Inflammation and Nutritional Determinants of Anemia (BRINDA) project
Sorrel Namaste,Fabian Rohner,Jin Huang,Nivedita L. Bhushan,Rafael Flores-Ayala,Roland Kupka,Zuguo Mei,Rahul Rawat,Anne M Williams,Daniel J Raiten,Christine A. Northrop-Clewes,Parminder S. Suchdev +11 more
TL;DR: This study contributes to the evidence base to guide decisions about how and when to adjust ferritin for inflammation and lends support for the use of internal regression correction to estimate the prevalence of depleted iron stores in regions with inflammation.
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Prevalence thresholds for wasting, overweight and stunting in children under 5 years
Mercedes de Onis,Elaine Borghi,Mary Arimond,Patrick Webb,Trevor Croft,Kuntal K. Saha,Luz Maria De-Regil,Faith Thuita,Rebecca Heidkamp,Julia Krasevec,Chika Hayashi,Rafael Flores-Ayala +11 more
TL;DR: Thresholds can be used for descriptive purposes to map countries according to severity levels; by donors and global actors to identify priority countries for action; and by governments to trigger action and target programmes aimed at achieving ‘low’ or ‘very low’ levels.
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Overview of the Biomarkers Reflecting Inflammation and Nutritional Determinants of Anemia (BRINDA) Project
Parminder S. Suchdev,Parminder S. Suchdev,Sorrel Namaste,Grant J Aaron,Daniel J Raiten,Kenneth H. Brown,Rafael Flores-Ayala +6 more
TL;DR: Key research questions and programmatic and research implications will inform global guidelines on the assessment of anemia and micronutrient status and will guide the development of a research agenda for future longitudinal studies are described.
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Assessment of iron status in settings of inflammation: challenges and potential approaches
Parminder S. Suchdev,Anne M Williams,Zuguo Mei,Rafael Flores-Ayala,Sant-Rayn Pasricha,Lisa M Rogers,Sorrel Namaste +6 more
TL;DR: More research is needed to determine the validity of inflammation-corrected estimates, their dependence on the etiology of inflammation, and their applicability to individual iron-status assessment in clinical settings.