title: Preferred delivery method and acceptability of Wheat-Soy Blend (WSB++) as a daily complementary food supplement in northwest Bangladesh.
abstract: Fortified blended foods (FBFs) are widely used to prevent undernutrition in early childhood in food-insecure settings. We field tested enhanced Wheat Soy Blend (WSB++)-a FBF fortified with micronutrients, milk powder, sugar, and oil-in preparation for a complementary food supplement (CFS) trial in rural northwestern Bangladesh. Formative work was conducted to determine the optimal delivery method (cooked vs. not) for this CFS, to examine mothers' child feeding practices with and acceptance of the WSB++, and to identify potential barriers to adherence. Our results suggest WSB++ is an acceptable CFS in rural Bangladesh and the requirement for mothers to cook WSB++ at home is unlikely to be a barrier to its daily use as a CFS in this population.
authors.affiliation: a The JiVitA Project , Gaibandha , Bangladesh.
authors.forename: Abu Ahmed
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Shamim
authors.forename: Abu A M
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Hanif
authors.forename: Rebecca D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Merrill
authors.forename: Rebecca K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Campbell
authors.forename: Mehnaz Alam
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Kumkum
authors.forename: Saijuddin
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shaikh
authors.forename: Saskia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: de Pee
authors.forename: Tahmeed
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ahmed
authors.forename: Monira
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Parveen
authors.forename: Sucheta
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mehra
authors.forename: Rolf D W
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Klemm
authors.forename: Alain B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Labrique
authors.forename: Keith P
authors.initials: KP
authors.lastname: West
authors.forename: Parul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Christian
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001290:Attitude; D001459:Bangladesh; D003296:Cooking; D004032:Diet; D057140:Fast Foods; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005260:Female; D063105:Food Assistance; D005523:Food Supply; D005527:Food, Fortified; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007227:Infant Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D008297:Male; D044342:Malnutrition / Q000517:prevention & control*; D009035:Mothers; D012424:Rural Population; D013025:Glycine max; D014908:Triticum
keywords: Bangladesh; children; complementary feeding; supplements; wheat-soy blend