Publications

Publications based on NHF funded research 

The book Diversity and change in food wellbeing: Cases from Southeast Asia and Nepal, A. Niehof, H.N. Gartaula and M. Quetulio-Navarra (eds), 2018, published by Wageningen Academic Publishers, can be downloaded for free at the following address: www.wageningenacademic.com/diversity.

The book is an edited volume that contains contributions by authors whose research was sponsored by the Neys-Van Hoogstraten Foundation. All contributions concern research conducted since 2010.  The findings of research sponsored by the foundation prior to 2010 are discussed in the book: A. Niehof, 2010. Food, Diversity, Vulnerability and Social Change: Research Findings from Insular Southeast Asia, also published by Wageningen Academic Publishers. Please click on the following link for a brief overview of the conceptual framework for the studies and then highlight some of the significant findings related to gender. Gender and food and nutrition security in Southeast Asia and Nepal: A book alert

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  • Quetulio-Navarra, M. (2024) Household food systems during lockdown: food diaries of Filipino mothers in poor urban and sub-urban households
  • Chakraborty, A., Das, R., Das, S., Dasgupta, P., Kryst, Ł, Saha, R., Żegleń, M. (2023) Adiposity level, fat distribution and age at menarche in Bengaligirls from Kolkata, India

    Data from NHF supported project ID-158 was used for this publication.

  • Haya, M., Khomsan, A., Suryani, D., Yosephin, B. (2023) Consumption Traditional Food Description in Children Under Five inthe Coastal Family of Bengkulu City, Indonesia
  • Bock, B, Cheong, D., Roep, D (2023) Unpacking gender mainstreaming: a critical discourse analysisof agricultural and rural development policy in Myanmar and Nepal
  • Bussel, L. van., Gomez, R., Hein, L., Paing, J. (2022) Ecosystem services through the lens of indigenous people in the highlands of Cordillera Region, Northern Philippines

    Journal of Environmental Management, Volume 308, 2022, 114597, ISSN 0301-4797

  • Dwiriani, C., Ekayanti, I., Khomsan, A., Nikmah Utami Dewi, Nurulfuadi, Riyardi, H. (2022) Validity and reliability of the theory of planned behaviorquestionnaire on the balanced dietary behavior ofadolescents in a post-disaster area

    Journal of Health Sciences, 12(1), 62-73.

  • Dewi R.K., Khomsan, A., Margawati, A., Riyardi, H., Rosidi, A. (2021) Nutrient Intakes And Nutritional Status Of Children Of Samin Indigenous People In Indonesia

    African Journal of Food Agriculture Nutrition and Development, Vol. 21, Number 3

  • Bustos et al. (2021) Environmental enteric dysfunction, soil transmitted helminthiasis and stunting among 36- to 59-month-old children in Quezon Province, Philippines

    Malaysian Journal of Nutrition, Vol. 27, pp.221-231.

  • Simanjutak et al. (2019) Maternal Knowledge, Attitude, and Practices about Traditional Food Feeding with Stunting and Wasting of Toddlers in Farmer Families

    National Public Health Journal, Volume 14, Number 2, pp. 58-64.

  • Bilińska-Pawlak, I., Das, R., Dasgupta, P., Kryst, Ł, Woronkowicz, A., Wronka, I., Żegleń, M. (2019) Anthropometric variations in different BMI and adiposity levels among children, adolescents and young adults in Kolkata, India

    Journal of Biosocial Science, 51(4), 603-618. doi:10.1017/S0021932018000354. Data from the NHF sponsored project (ID158) conducted by Professor Parasmani Dasgupta has been used for this article.

  • Diana, R. (2019) Dietary Quantity and Diversity among Anemic Pregnant Women in Madura Island, Indonesia

    Hindawi Journal of Nutrition and Metabolism, vol. 2019, article ID 2647230.

  • Dasgupta, P., Hermanussen, M., Krützfeldt, L.M., Scheffler, C. (2018) No association between fat tissue and height in 5019children and adolescents, measured between 1982and in 2011 in Kolkata/India

    Anthropol. Anz. 74/5 Supplement (2018), J. Biol. Clin. Anthropol. Data from the NHF sponsored project (ID158) conducted by Professor Parasmani Dasgupta has been used for this article

  • Salehabadi S.M., Sengupta D. (2018) Recent Advances in the Statistical Analysis of Retrospective Time-to-Event Data.

    In: Dasgupta R. (eds) Advances in Growth Curve and Structural Equation Modeling. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-1843-6_9 . Data from the NHF sponsored project (ID158) conducted by Professor Parasmani Dasgupta has been used for this article

  • Godina, E., Koziel,S., Mumm, R., Musalek, M., Scheffler, C., Sedlak, P., Wittwer-Backofen, U. (2018) External skeletal robusticity of children and adolescents –European references from birth to adulthood andinternational comparisons

    Anthropol. Anz. 74/5 Supplement, 383–391. Data from the NHF sponsored project (ID158) conducted by Professor Parasmani Dasgupta has been used for this article.

  • Das, R., Das, S., Dasgupta, P., Kryst, Ł, Saha, R., Woronkowicz, A., Żegleń, M. (2018) Long-term changes in body proportions since 1952 to 2011in children and adolescents from Kolkata (India)

    Anthropol Anz. Vol. 75/3. pp. 201-213. doi: 10.1127/anthranz/2018/0865. PMID: 29892776. Data from the NHF sponsored project (ID158) conducted by Professor Parasmani Dasgupta has been used for this article

  • Barati, Z., Beitze, D.E., Moehring, J., Purwestri, R.C., Scherbaum, V., Srour, L., Wirawan, N.N. (2018) Breastfeeding and complementary feeding practices among children living in a rice surplus area, Central Java, Indonesia

    Nutrition & Food Science, Vol. 48 No. 4, pp. 589-604. https://doi.org/10.1108/NFS-07-2017-0144

  • Anwar, F., Diana, R., Khomsan, A., Riyardi, H., Yosephin, B. (2016) Is vitamin D deficiency associated with using veil in female garment workers?

    Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Disease 2016; 6(6): 481-485

  • Bras, H., Madjdian, Dónya. (2016) Family, Gender, and Women’s Nutritional Status: A Comparison Between Two Himalayan Communities in Nepal

    Economic History of Developing Regions, 31:1, 198-223, DOI: 10.1080/20780389.2015.1114416

  • Debasis Sengupta, Sedigheh Mirzaei Salehabadi (2015) Nonparametric estimation of time-to-event distribution based on recall data in observational studies

    Lifetime Data Anal (2016) 22. Data from the NHF sponsored project (ID158) conducted by Professor Parasmani Dasgupta has been used for this article.

  • Debasis Sengupta, Sedigheh Mirzaei Salehabadi (2015) Regression under Cox’s model for recall-based time-to-event data in observational studies 

    Computational Statistics and Data Analysis 92 (2015) 134–147. Data from the NHF sponsored project (ID158) conducted by Professor Parasmani Dasgupta has been used for this article.

  • Dasgupta, P. (2015) Physical Growth, Body Composition and Nutritional Status of Bengali School aged Children, Adolescents and Young adults of Calcutta, India: Effects of Socioeconomic Factors on Secular Trends

    in collaboration with M. Nubé, Sengupta D. and de Onis M.

  • Das, R., Debasis Sengupta, Sedigheh Mirzaei Salehabadi (2014) Parametric Estimation of Menarcheal Age Distribution Based on Recall Data

     Scandinavian Journal of Statistics, doi: 10.1111/sjos.12107. Data from the NHF sponsored project (ID158) conducted by Professor Parasmani Dasgupta has been used for this article.

  • Niehof, A., Quetulio-Navarra, M., Van der Horst, H., Van der Vaart, W. (2014) Short-term risk experience of involuntary resettled households in the Philippines and Indonesia

    Habitat International: 41(1) 165–175.

  • Quetulio-Navarra, M. (2014) Mending New Communities After Involuntary Resettlement in the Philippines and Indonesia

    Wageningen University, PhD Thesis

  • Roshita, A., Schubert, E., Whittaker, M. (2013) Child Feeding Practices in Families of Working and Nonworking Mothers of Indonesian Middle Class Urban Families: What Are the Problems?

    Ecology of Food and Nutrition. 52(4): 344-370

  • Anwar, F., Hernawati, N., Herwati, T., Khomsan, A., Suhanda, N.S., Warsito, O. (2013) Growth, cognitive development and psychosocial stimulation of preschool children in poor farmer & non-farmer households

    Mal J Nutr 19(3):325-337

  • Gartaula, H.N., Niehof, A. (2013) Migration to and from the terai: shifting movements and motives

    The South Asianist 2(2): 28-50

  • Biesalski H.K., Hoffmann V., Inayati, D.A., Scherbaum, V. (2012) Improved nutrition knowledge and practice through intensive nutrition education: A study amongst caregivers of mildly wasted children on Nias Island, Indonesia

    University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany

  • Gartaula, H.N., Niehof, A., Visser, L. (2012) Socio-Cultural Dispositions and Wellbeing of the Women Left Befind: A Case of Migrant Households in Nepal
  • Gartaula, H.N., Niehof, A., Visser, L. (2012) Socio-Cultural Dispositions and Wellbeing of the Women Left Befind: A Case of Migrant Households in Nepal
  • Niehof, A., Visser, L. (2012) Shifting perceptions of food security and land in the context of labour out-migration in rural Nepal

    Food Security 4: 181-194.

  • Fahmida, U., Februhartanty, J., Roshita, A., Wibowo Y. (2012) Profiles of Eight Working Mothers Who Practiced Exclusive Breastfeeding in Depok, Indonesia.

    University of Indonesia.

  • Roshita, A., Schubert, E., Whittaker, M. (2011) Child-care and feeding practices of urban middle class working and non-working Indonesian mothers: a qualitative study of the socio-economic and cultural environment

    (School of Population Health, University of Queensland, Australia; and SEAMEO-TROPMED, Regional Center for Community Nutrition, University of Indonesia)

  • Purwestri, R.C. (2011) Supplementary feeding and cost analysis of locally produced Ready-to-Use Food (RUF) for moderately and mildly wasted children in Nias Island, Indonesia: daily and weekly programs

    Stuttgart-Hohenheim: University of Hohenheim, PhD Thesis

  • Inayati, D.A. (2011) Nutritional interventions among mildly wasted chiladren on Nias Island, Indonesia: Impact on children’s nutritional status and knowledge-practice of caregivers

    Stuttgart-Hohenheim: University of Hohenheim, PhD Thesis

  • Cruz-Garcia, G.S., Price, L.L. (2011) Ethnobotanical investigation of ‘wild’ food plans used by rice farmers in Kalasin, Northeast Thailand

    Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine: 7:33

  • Dewi, M., Khomsan, A., Patriasih, R., Widiaty, I. (2010) Nutrients intake and nutritional status of street children in Bandung

    Journal of Nutrition and Food: 5(3), 177–183

  • Dewi, M., Patriasih, R., Sukandar, D., Widiaty, I. (2010) Nutritional and health status of elderly living in nursing home and with family

    Journal of Nutrition and Food: 5(3), 177–183

  • Niehof, A. (2010) Food, Diversity, Vulnerability and Social Change; Research Findings from Insular Southeast Asia

    Wageningen: Wageningen Academic Publishers, 141 pp

  • Gartaula, H.N., Niehof, A., Visser, L. (2010) Feminisation of Agriculture as an Effect of Male Out-migration: Unexpected Outcomes from JhapaDistrict, Eastern Nepal 

    The International Journal of Interdisciplinary Social Sciences

  • Anwar, F., Khomsan, A., Mudjajanto, E.S., Riyardi, H., Sukandar, D. (2010) High participation in the Posyandu nutrition program improved children nutritional status.

    Journal for Nutrition Research and Practise, June 2010 (208-214).

  • Guillermo, M.P., Guillermo, Y.S., Navarro, T.E., Soriano Jr., H.M., Tablarin, R.M., Tangonan, P.G. (2009) Is there hope in the Uplands? Analysis of livelihood systems of upland households in the Province of Tarlac, Philippines

    Camiling, Tarlac, Philippines: Tarlac College of Agriculture

  • Zein, A. (2007) The role of fisher-women on food security. A case study at traditional fishermen household on coastal area of West-Sumatra, Indonesia

    Padang, Bung Hatta University, 130 pp.

  • Fahmida, U., Februhartanty, J., Usfar, A.A. (2007) Household food security status measured by the US-Household Food Security/Hunger Survey Module (US-FSSM) is in line with coping strategy indicators found in urban and rural Indonesia

    Asia Pac Journal Clinical Nutrition. 16(2): 368-374.

  • Tiwari, N. (2007) Women’s agency in relation to population and environment in rural Nepal

    Wageningen, Wageningen University. PhD thesis, 214 pp

  • Rudito, B., Susena, D. (2007) Food restrictions and prescriptions during pregnancy and childbirth among Javanese community in Minangkabau area

    Bandung, School of Business Management-Institute of Technology, 94 pp.

  • Kielman, L., Rosalina, T., Usfar, A.A., Wibowo, A.A. (2007) Food-poverty status and food insecurity in rural West Lombok based on mothers’ food expenditure equivalency.Food and Nutrition Bulletin

    28(2): 135-148.

  • Roa, J.R. (2007) Food insecurity in fragile lands. Philippine cases through the livelihood lens

    Wageningen,Wageningen University. PhD thesis, 384 pp.

  • Muchtadi, D. (2007) Handling, acceptability and consumption pattern of locally produced soy products in different socio-economic groups in Java-Indonesia

    Bogor, Bogor Agricultural University, 92 pp

  • Brouwer, I.D., de Graaf, C., Joosten, M., Kok, F.J., Le, H.T., van der Beijl, J. (2007) The effect of NaFeEDTA on sensory perception and long term acceptance of instant noodles by Vietnamese school children

    Food Quality and Preference. (18): 619-626

  • Brouwer, I.D., Burema, J., Kok, F.J., Le, H.T., Nguyen, K.C. (2007) The effect of iron fortification and de-worming on anaemia and iron status of Vietnamese schoolchildren

    British Journal of Nutrition. (97): 955-962.

  • Anwar, F., Khomsan, A., Mudjajanto, E.S., Riyardi, H., Sukandar, D. (2007) Study of nutrition program implementation: its utilization by households, coverage, effectiveness, and impact on nutritional status in poor areas

    Bogor Agricultural University, 72 pp.

  • Brouwer, I.D., De Wolf, L., Huong, L. T., Khan, C.N., Kok, F.J., Van der Heijden, L. (2007) Suitability of instant noodles for iron fortification to combat iron-deficiency anemia among primary school children in rural Vietnam

    Food and Nutrition Bulletin, 28(3):291-298.

  • Dasgupta, P., Nubé, M., Saha, R. (2007) Changes in body size, shape and nutritional status of Middle-Class Bengali boys of Kolkata, India, 1982-2002

    Economics and Human Biology. (149): 1-20.

  • Blijham, N., de Kan, L., Niehof, A. (2007) Determinants and adequacy of food consumption of children in La Trinidad, the Philippines

    International Journal of Consumer Studies. 31(3): 195-203.

  • Dianawati, E., Fahmida, U., Februhartanty, J., Fransisca, D.O., Roshita, A., Usfar, A.A. (2007) Psychological care and nutritional status of children aged 6-36 months among patrilineal (Karo) and matrilineal (Minangkabau) households in Jakarta.

    Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition: 16(2):293-300

  • B.T. Gayao, Solimen, J.A. (2006) Indigeous food sources in ethno communities in the Cordillera,Philippines and their relation to health and sustenance

    Benguet, Benguet State University, 35 pp.

  • Anwarden, F., Khomsan, A., Mudjajanto, E.S., Riyardi, H., Sukandar, D. (2006) Studi tentang praktek menyusui pada rumahtangga miskin dan tidak miskin (Study on breast-feeding practices of poor and non-poor household)

    Gizi Indonesia, Journal of the Indonesian Nutrition Association. 29(2): 126-133

  • Khomsan, A. (2006) Studi tentang pengetahuan gizi ibu dan kebiasaan makan rumah tangga di daerah dataran tinggi dan pantai (Mother’s nutrition knowledge and food habits of households in highland and coastal areas)

    Jurnal Gizi dan Pangan (Journal of nutrition and food).1(1): 23-28.

  • Huong, L. T. (2006) Anemia among school children in Vietnam. The efficacy of iron fortification.

    Wageningen,Wageningen University. PhD thesis, 159 pp.

  • Alisjahbana A., Kardjati, S., Kusin, J.A. (2006) The intergeneration Cycle of Low Birth Weight. The nutritional status and health-nutrition knowledge, attitude, behaviour of female adolescents in the tanjungsari cohort study, West Java, Indonesia.

    Bandung, Frontiers for Health Foundation and Medical Faculty of Padjadjaran University, 222 pp.

  • Talukder, A. (2005) Improving micronutrient status of vulnerable groups through improving household food security by using local resources, behavioral change and demand creation. A dietary intervention in Nepal

    Kathmandu, Helen Keller Worldwide, 44 pp.

  • Anwar, F., Khomsan, A., Mudjajanto, E.S., Riyardi, H., Sukandar, D. (2005) Research on food security and nutritional status of poor households in highland and coastal areas.

    Bogor, Bogor Agricultural University, 259 pp.

  • Dianawati, E., Fahmida, U., Februhartanty, J., Fransisca, D.O., Roshita, A. (2005) Childcare of children aged 6-36 months in patrilineal and matrilineal families. A study among Karo and Minang households

    Jakarta,University of Indonesia, 93 pp.

  • Ali, A. (2005) Livelihood and food security in rural Bangladesh. The role of social capital.

    Wageningen,Wageningen University. PhD thesis, 263 pp

  • B.T. Gayao, Botangen, E.T., Meldoz, D.T., Sim, J.M. (2004) Contribution of sweet potato to household income, food and nutrient intake of farmers and processors.

    Northern Philippines Root Crop Research and Training Centre, Working Paper Series no.1 (Jan-Jun)

  • Buurman, J., McCarty, A., Robertson, S. (2004) Developing Vietnam. Studies in rural and sustainable development

    The Hague, Centre for the Study of Transition and Development Institute of Social Studies, 306 pp.

  • Balatibat, E.M. (2004) The linkages between food and nutrition security in lowland and coastal villages in the Philippines

    Wageningen, Wageningen University. PhD thesis, 236 pp.

  • Bacos, F.F., Dungo, N.G., Ramirez, A.R.M. (2004) Manila street children: a closer look on their vulnerability and strength

    Taguig City, Food and Nutrition Research Insitute, 75 pp.

  • Pangaribuan, R.V. (2003) Vitamin A capsule distribution to control vitamin A deficiency in Indonesia: effect of supplementation in pre-school children and compliance with the programme

    Peer reviewed journal, Public Health Nutrition: 6(2), 209-216

  • Pangaribuan, R.V. (2003) Vitamin A supplementation program evaluation. Effect of supplementation in preschool children and compliance of the program, a possible useful tool for policy makers in Indonesia

    Hohenheim, University of Hohenheim. PhD thesis, 81 pp

  • Kan, L. (2003) The household context of pre-school children food intake in La Trinidad, The Philippines

    Wageningen, Wageningen University. PhD thesis, 114 pp.

  • Usfar, A.A. (2002) Household coping strategies for food security in Indonesia and the relation to nutritional status. A comparison before and after the 1997 economic crisis

    Heidelberg, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität. PhD thesis, 122 pp.

  • Arifin, Z., Delfi, M., Pujiraharjo, S., Rudito, B. (2002) Food consumption pattern and hunting value enculturation on Mentawai children

    Padang, University of Andalas Padang, 138 pp.

  • Keasberry, I.N. (2002) Elder care, old-age security and social change in rural Yogyakarta, Indonesia

    Wageningen, Wageningen University. PhD Thesis, 407 pp.

  • B.T. Gayao, Botangen, E.T., Meldoz, D.T., Quindara, H.L., Sim, J.M. (2002) Contribution of sweet potato production, processing and consumption to income and nutrition of selected households and consumer group

    Benguet, Benguet State University. PhD thesis, 135pp.pr

  • Ahmad, R.A., Armanugraha, R.C.P., Februhartanty, J., Panggabean, D.O.F. (2002) Dual forms of malnutrition. Why it happens in the same household?

    Jakarta, University of Indonesia, 24pp.

  • Bacos, F.F., Barba, C.V.C., Dorado, J.B., Ramirez, A.R.M., Velasco, R.E. (2002) The nutritional status of street children in Manila. Why some are nutritionally well-off or worst-off.

    Manila, Food and Nutrition Research Institute, 159 pp.

  • Voeten, J. (2001) The street food sector in Hue, Central Vietnam. Baseline study, assessment of possible intervention

    Amsterdam, University of Amsterdam, 16 pp.

  • Schmidt, M.K. (2001) The role of nutrition in growth and health of Indonesian infants: a focus on vitamin A and iron

    Wageningen, Wageningen University. PhD thesis, 118 pp

  • Gross, R., Hautvast J.G.A.J., Muhilal., Muslimatun, S., Schmidt, M.K., Schultink, W., West A.E. (2001) Weekly supplementation with iron and vitamin A during pregnancy increases hemoglobin concentration but decreases serum ferritin concentration in Indonesian pregnant women

    Community and International Nutrition. (01): 85-90

  • Muslimatun, S. (2001) Nutrition of Indonesian women during pregnancy and lactation: a focus on vitamin A and iron

    Wageningen, Wageningen University. PhD thesis, 151 pp.

  • Karyadi, E. (2001) Tubercolosis in Indonesia: nutrition, immune response and social aspects.

    Nijmegen,Catholic University Nijmegen. PhD thesis 160 pp.

  • Ismawan, B. (2001) Irigasi kecil, perermpuan dan rumah tangga petani. Dampak pompanisasi pada kasus Haurgeulis (Small-scale irrigation, women and farming households. Impacts of irrigation pumps in Haungeulis)

    Jakarta, Bina Swadaya, 84 pp.

  • Barba, C.V.C. (2001) Philippine nutrition. Facts and figures

    Manilla Food and Nutrition Research Institute, Department of Science and Technology, 109 pp.

  • Arihadi, Y., Osman, F. (2001) Irigasi kecil, perempuan dan rumah tangga petani: Dampak pompanisasi pada kasus Haurgeulis

    Jakarta: Bina Swadaya.

  • Koning, J., Nolten, M., Rodenburg, J., Saptari, R. (2000) Women and households in Indonesia. Cultural notions and social practices.

    Richmond, Surrey. Curzon Press.

  • Arihadi, Y. (2000) Impact of irrigation development on women and their households in haurgeulis subdistrict, Indramayu. The case of Indramayu’s project

    Jakarta, Indonesia, 15 pp.

  • Dwiyanto, A. (1999) Household and family care for elderly. And the socio-economic position of elderly people in the region of D.I.Yogyakarta Indonesia Yogyakarta

    Population Studies Centre Gadjah Mada University, 69 pp.

  • Zein, A. (1998) The influence of technological change on income and social structure in artisanal fisheries in Padang, Indonesia

    Padang, Bung Hatta University, 141 pp. [PhD Thesis University of Bremen.]

  • Simbolon, I.J. (1998) Peasant women and access to land. Customary law, state law and gender-based ideology

    Wageningen, Wageningen University. PhD thesis, 324 pp.

  • Price, L.L. (1997) Wild plant food in agricultural environments; a study of occurrence, management and gathering rights on Northeast Thailand

    Human Organization 56(2):209-221