2021
Nutritional Status and Additional Expenditure on Food During Pregnancy: Evidence From the Rajarata Pregnancy Cohort
Gunarathne S, Wickramasinghe N, Agampodi T, Prasanna I, Agampodi S. Nutritional Status and Additional Expenditure on Food During Pregnancy: Evidence From the Rajarata Pregnancy Cohort. Current Developments In Nutrition 2021, 5: 5140754. PMCID: PMC8181471, DOI: 10.1093/cdn/nzab046_051.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPoor nutritional statusNutritional statusPregnancy cohortSignificant differencesMean monthly household incomeSelf-administered questionnaireMonthly household incomeDifferent nutritional statusUnderweight mothersProspective cohortUnderweight groupMean agePregnant womenPregnant mothersUnderweight categoryObjective adherenceTrimesterAnthropometric measurementsFood consumption patternsHousehold economic statusRural Sri LankaCohortIncome quintileMothersPregnancy
2020
Economic Status, Nutrition and Pregnancy Cost; A Vicious Cycle in Pregnancy
Gunarathne S, Wickramasinghe N, Agampodi T, Prasanna R, Agampodi S. Economic Status, Nutrition and Pregnancy Cost; A Vicious Cycle in Pregnancy. Current Developments In Nutrition 2020, 4: nzaa054_068. PMCID: PMC7257277, DOI: 10.1093/cdn/nzaa054_068.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPregnant womenNormal mothersPregnancy costsConsecutive pregnant womenTrimester of pregnancyPublic health clinicsLarge cohort studyPublic health problemVicious cycleUnderweight mothersCohort studyUnderweight groupMean agePregnant mothersMaternal nutritionHealth clinicsAnthropometric measurementsHealth problemsNutritional statusEconomic statusPregnancyHousehold incomeWomenMothersSignificant differences
2017
Factors associated with anemia among Sri Lankan primary school children in rural North Central Province
Amarasinghe GS, Naottunna NP, Agampodi TC, Agampodi SB. Factors associated with anemia among Sri Lankan primary school children in rural North Central Province. BMC Pediatrics 2017, 17: 87. PMID: 28347295, PMCID: PMC5369015, DOI: 10.1186/s12887-017-0841-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRural primary school childrenPrimary school childrenIron deficiencyFerritin levelsSerum ferritinMajor public health problemSchool childrenSerum ferritin levelsEarly iron deficiencyPublic health problemFrequency of meatExternal quality control measuresMonthly family incomeBlood film analysisSelf-administered questionnaireBlood reportsAnemic childrenMiddle-income countriesHemoglobin levelsChildhood anemiaIron storesPossible etiologiesAnthropometric measurementsBlood samplesAnemiaNutritional status among primary school children in rural Sri Lanka; a public health challenge for a country with high child health standards
Naotunna NP, Dayarathna M, Maheshi H, Amarasinghe GS, Kithmini VS, Rathnayaka M, Premachandra L, Premarathna N, Rajasinghe PC, Wijewardana G, Agampodi TC, Agampodi SB. Nutritional status among primary school children in rural Sri Lanka; a public health challenge for a country with high child health standards. BMC Public Health 2017, 17: 57. PMID: 28068960, PMCID: PMC5223320, DOI: 10.1186/s12889-016-4001-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNorth Central ProvinceNutritional statusPrevalence of anemiaPrevalence of underweightMean hemoglobin concentrationPeripheral blood filmAge z-scorePublic health challengeSchool childrenPre-adolescent childrenBackgroundNutritional statusModerate anemiaSectional studySevere thinnessAnthropometric measurementsMulti-stage clusterPrevalence estimatesConclusionThis studyHemoglobin concentrationRural Sri LankaBlood filmsZ-scoreHealth challengesIron deficiencyPrimary school children