Tahmeed Ahmed

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Demand-based water options for arsenic mitigation: an experience from rural Bangladesh.

Bilqis Amin Hoque, Md Mahfuzul Hoque, +4 authors Md. Sarwar Hossain
Public health
2004

A supply of safe drinking water is a recognized global concern. The arsenic contamination of groundwater in Bangladesh and other countries has furthered this concern. Lack of appropriate water… (More)

A study of the cost effectiveness of selective health interventions for the control of intestinal parasites in rural Bangladesh.

C G Mascie-taylor, M Alam, +4 authors Saeed Akhtar
The Journal of parasitology
1999

The study examined the cost effectiveness of 4 different regimens in reducing the prevalence and intensity of infection of Ascaris lumbricoides, Trichuris trichiura, and hookworm over an 18-mo period… (More)

Regulators of gut motility revealed by a gnotobiotic model of diet-microbiome interactions related to travel.

Neelendu Dey, Vitas E. Wagner, +5 authors Jeffrey I. Gordon
Cell
2015

To understand how different diets, the consumers' gut microbiota, and the enteric nervous system (ENS) interact to regulate gut motility, we developed a gnotobiotic mouse model that mimics short-term… (More)

Childhood undernutrition, the gut microbiota, and microbiota-directed therapeutics

Laura V. Blanton, Michael J Barratt, Mark R. Charbonneau, Tahmeed Ahmed, Jeffrey I. Gordon
Science
2016

Childhood undernutrition is a major global health challenge. Although current therapeutic approaches have reduced mortality in individuals with severe disease, they have had limited efficacy in… (More)

Intakes and breast-milk concentrations of essential fatty acids are low among Bangladeshi women with 24-48-month-old children.

Elizabeth Ann Yakes, Joanne E. Arsenault, +9 authors Kenneth H. Brown
The British journal of nutrition
2011

Maternal fat intake and adipose reserves are major sources of PUFA during lactation. The present study examined the cross-sectional relationship between prolonged breast-feeding and maternal BMI,… (More)

Mainstreaming interventions in the health sector to address maternal and child undernutrition.

Zulfiqar A Bhutta, Meera Shekar, Tahmeed Ahmed
Maternal & child nutrition
2008

Strategic Review of FOOD SECURITY AND NUTRITION IN BANGLADESH

Siddiqur Rahman Osmani, A. I. Mahbub Uddin Ahmed, Tahmeed Ahmed, Naomi Hossain, Saleemul Huq, Asif Shahan
2016

Nutrition and Lipid Profile in General Population and Vegetarian Individuals Living in Rural Bangladesh

Sumon Kumar Das, Abu Syed Golam Faruque, +5 authors Mohammed Abdus Salam
2012

Diets rich in animal protein having higher amounts of fatty acids, are converted to various lipoproteins in the liver leading to increased deposition of adipose tissue, facilitating formation of… (More)

Effects of energy density and feeding frequency of complementary foods on total daily energy intakes and consumption of breast milk by healthy breastfed Bangladeshi children.

Mohammed Monirul Islam, Makhduma Khatun, +4 authors Kenneth H. Brown
The American journal of clinical nutrition
2008

BACKGROUND Information is needed on the minimum energy density and feeding frequency of complementary foods that can provide adequate energy intakes (EIs) for healthy breastfed children. OBJECTIVES… (More)

The cost-effectiveness of health education in improving knowledge and awareness about intestinal parasites in rural Bangladesh.

C G Mascie-taylor, Rezaul Karim, E. H. Abd El Karim, Saeed Akhtar, Tahmeed Ahmed, R. M. Montanari
Economics and human biology
2003

The impact of regular health education in improving knowledge, attitude and practices in the control of intestinal parasites was examined in four rural areas of Bangladesh; two areas received health… (More)

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