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Community and International Nutrition

Community and International Nutrition examines how populations access, consume, and benefit from food across diverse geographic, cultural, and socioeconomic contexts, with particular attention to vulnerable groups and resource-limited settings. Research published in the International Journal of Nutrition addresses n…

Curated from this journal's research 📚 12 peer-reviewed articles cited Cited 40× across the literature 🔖 ISSN 2379-7835 🗓 Reviewed June 2026

Overview

Community and International Nutrition examines how populations access, consume, and benefit from food across diverse geographic, cultural, and socioeconomic contexts, with particular attention to vulnerable groups and resource-limited settings. Research published in the International Journal of Nutrition addresses nutritional challenges facing specific populations including ethnic minorities, indigenous communities, pregnant and reproductive-age women, children, and adolescents across multiple continents. Studies have investigated nutritional status among ethnic women in Bangladesh's Chittagong Hill Tracts, environmental sanitation impacts on nutrition in India's Lodha communities, and dietary diversity among adolescent pregnant women in Tanzania. The journal has published work on implementing nutrition assessment infrastructure in rural Uganda, vitamin A deficiency in South Indian preschool children, and barriers to healthy eating among low-income families. Additional research explores culturally specific practices such as exclusive breastfeeding beliefs in South Korea and maternal nutrition in coastal indigenous populations. These investigations frequently examine how socioeconomic factors, hygiene practices, and educational interventions influence nutritional outcomes. This field matters because nutritional inequities persist globally, affecting maternal and child health, growth, and development, particularly in underserved communities where targeted research can inform culturally appropriate interventions and contribute to sustainable development goals.

Research published in this journal

12 peer-reviewed articles, ranked by relevance. Each links to its DOI.

How this research is being cited

The 12 articles above have been cited 40 times in the scholarly literature. Citation data via OpenAlex and Crossref, updated Jun 2026.

A sample of recent works citing this journal's research on Community and International Nutrition, linking to each citing work.

Editorial oversight

Curated from peer-reviewed research published in International Journal of Nutrition (ISSN 2379-7835).

Journal editorial board
Kadri Koppel · United States Alicja Kuban-Jankowska · Poland Luigia Pazzagli · Italy

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