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  • 2010 - Prince Mahidol Award

Overview

Kenneth H. Brown is affiliated with the University of California, Davis in the United States. Their research spans key areas in medicine and nursing, with a strong focus on nutrition and dietetics. Subfields of study include hematology, psychiatry and mental health, public health, environmental and occupational health, and pediatrics, perinatology, and child health.

The scientist explores several main topics in their work, notably addressing issues in child nutrition and water access, iron metabolism and disorders, trace elements in health, child nutrition and feeding issues, folate and B vitamins research, nutritional studies and diet, and birth, development, and health.

Frequently published in several prominent venues, Kenneth H. Brown has contributed to Current Developments in Nutrition, American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Nature, and Nutrients. Their collaborative research involves multiple coauthors including Charles D. Arnold, Sonja Y. Hess, Parul Christian, Christine M. McDonald, and Benjamin F. Arnold.

Recent papers by Kenneth H. Brown include:

  • Micronutrient deficiencies among preschool-aged children and women of reproductive age worldwide: a pooled analysis of individual-level data from population-representative surveys (2022, The Lancet Global Health)
  • Early-childhood linear growth faltering in low- and middle-income countries (2023, Nature)
  • Causes and consequences of child growth faltering in low-resource settings (2023, Nature)
  • Child wasting and concurrent stunting in low- and middle-income countries (2023, Nature)
  • Characteristics that modify the effect of small-quantity lipid-based nutrient supplementation on child growth: an individual participant data meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials (2021, American Journal of Clinical Nutrition)

The scientist has been recognized with the Prince Mahidol Award in 2010.

Best Publications

  • Estimating the global prevalence of zinc deficiency: results based on zinc availability in national food supplies and the prevalence of stunting.

    K. Ryan Wessells;Kenneth H. Brown

  • Update on technical issues concerning complementary feeding of young children in developing countries and implications for intervention programs.

    Kathryn G. Dewey;Kenneth H. Brown

  • Effect of supplemental zinc on the growth and serum zinc concentrations of prepubertal children: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

    Kenneth H Brown;Janet M Peerson;Juan Rivera;Lindsay H Allen

  • International Zinc Nutrition Consultative Group (IZiNCG) technical document #1. Assessment of the risk of zinc deficiency in populations and options for its control.

    Kenneth H Brown;Juan A Rivera;Zulfiqar Bhutta

  • Prevention of diarrhea and pneumonia by zinc supplementation in children in developing countries: Pooled analysis of randomized controlled trials

    Z.A. Bhutta;R.E. Black;K.H. Brown;J.Meeks Gardner

  • Complementary feeding of young children in developing countries: a review of current scientific knowledge.

    Brown K;Dewey K;Allen L

  • Therapeutic effects of oral zinc in acute and persistent diarrhea in children in developing countries: pooled analysis of randomized controlled trials

    Z. A. Bhutta;S. M. Bird;R. E. Black;K. H. Brown

  • The Importance of Zinc in Human Nutrition and Estimation of the Global Prevalence of Zinc Deficiency

    Kenneth H. Brown;Sara E. Wuehler;Jan M. Peerson

  • Infant-feeding practices and their relationship with diarrheal and other diseases in Huascar (Lima), Peru.

    Brown Kh;Black Re;Lopez de Romaña G;Creed de Kanashiro H

  • Effects of Diarrhea Associated with Specific Enteropathogens on the Growth of Children in Rural Bangladesh

    Robert E. Black;Kenneth H. Brown;Stan Becker

  • Effects of age of introduction of complementary foods on infant breast milk intake, total energy intake, and growth: a randomised intervention study in Honduras.

    R.J. Cohen;K.H. Brown;K.G. Dewey;J. Canahuati

  • Global prevalence and disease burden of vitamin D deficiency: a roadmap for action in low- and middle-income countries.

    Daniel E. Roth;Steven A. Abrams;John Aloia;Gilles Bergeron

  • Malnutrition is a determining factor in diarrheal duration, but not incidence, among young children in a longitudinal study in rural Bangladesh.

    R E Black;K H Brown;S Becker

  • Suggested lower cutoffs of serum zinc concentrations for assessing zinc status: reanalysis of the second National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey data (1976–1980)

    Christine Hotz;Janet M Peerson;Kenneth H Brown

  • Effects of Exclusive Breastfeeding for Four versus Six Months on Maternal Nutritional Status and Infant Motor Development: Results of Two Randomized Trials in Honduras

    Kathryn G. Dewey;Roberta J. Cohen;Kenneth H. Brown;Leonardo Landa Rivera

  • Randomized comparison of 3 types of micronutrient supplements for home fortification of complementary foods in Ghana: effects on growth and motor development

    Seth Adu-Afarwuah;Anna Lartey;Kenneth H Brown;Stanley Zlotkin

  • INCIDENCE AND ETIOLOGY OF INFANTILE DIARRHEA AND MAJOR ROUTES OF TRANSMISSION IN HUASCAR, PERU

    Robert E. Black;Guiller∼O Lopez De Roma;Kenneth H. Brown;Nora Bravo

  • Longitudinal studies of infectious diseases and physical growth of children in rural Bangladesh: II. Incidence of diarrhea and association with known pathogens

    Robert E. Black;Kenneth H. Brown;Kenneth H. Brown;Stan Becker;A. R. M. Abdul Alim

  • Growth of Breast-Fed Infants Deviates From Current Reference Data: A Pooled Analysis of US, Canadian, and European Data Sets

    Kathryn G. Dewey;Janet M. Peerson;Kenneth H. Brown;Nancy F. Krebs

  • Preventive Zinc Supplementation among Infants, Preschoolers, and Older Prepubertal Children:

    Kenneth H. Brown;Janet M. Peerson;Shawn K. Baker;Sonja Y. Hess

Frequent Co-Authors

Kathryn G. Dewey
Kathryn G. Dewey University of California, Davis
Robert E Black
Robert E Black Johns Hopkins University
Bo Lönnerdal
Bo Lönnerdal University of California, Davis
Lindsay H. Allen
Lindsay H. Allen United States Department of Agriculture
Sonja Hess
Sonja Hess AstraZeneca (United Kingdom)
Zulfiqar A Bhutta
Zulfiqar A Bhutta Aga Khan University
Juan A Rivera
Juan A Rivera Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
Laura E. Caulfield
Laura E. Caulfield Johns Hopkins University
Nancy F. Krebs
Nancy F. Krebs University of Colorado Denver
Igor Rudan
Igor Rudan University of Edinburgh

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