Romain Dossa

TL;DR: Eating out-of-home frequently, in the broad sense, is positively associated with the risk of becoming overweight or obese and weight change, and eating at fast-food outlets is associated with a greater increase in body weight and waist circumference over time.

TL;DR: Dietary iron absorption is reduced by ≈ 40% in asymptomatic P. falciparum parasitemia in Beninese women, likely because of low-grade inflammation and its modulation of circulating hepcidin.

TL;DR: In addition to recurrent parasitic infection burden, the children may have multiple micronutrient deficiencies and it may be interesting to study appetite and food intake of young toddlers in relation to health and linear growth performance in poor environments.

TL;DR: It is concluded that out-of-home foods are important in the diet of urban school adolescents in Benin and should be investigated in depth and taken into account in the development of interventions to promote healthy diet and lifestyles in adolescents.

TL;DR: Results from this research can be used to further the development of indicators of dietary diversity and to improve micronutrient intakes of women of reproductive age in Mali.