Publications
79
Citations
2,078
Est. group size
~6
Recurring co-author estimate
Active years
23
Publishing since 2004
Nilupa S. Gunaratna studies child nutrition and growth in low-resource settings, particularly in Ethiopia and Tanzania, focusing on how agriculture, food systems, and micronutrients (such as zinc and iron) affect child and maternal health. Her work often examines biofortified crops like zinc-enriched and high-protein maize as ways to improve nutrition, along with interventions involving parents and caregivers to support children's growth and development. This research combines nutrition science with agricultural and behavioral approaches to address malnutrition in rural farming communities.
Publication output peaked around 2019 (11 papers) and has since settled into a steadier, somewhat lower pace of roughly 2-6 papers per year through 2026.
Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026
- Effects of Engaging Fathers and Bundling Nutrition and Parenting Interventions on Child Nutrition Outcomes and Related Parent Behaviors in Rural Tanzania: Results From EFFECTS, a Five‐Arm Cluster‐Randomized Controlled Trial
Maternal and Child Nutrition · 2026
- Caregivers Systematically Overestimate Their Child's Height-for-Age Relative to Other Children in Rural Ethiopia
Journal of Nutrition · 2022
- Soil zinc, serum zinc, and the potential for agronomic biofortification to reduce human zinc deficiency in Ethiopia
Scientific Reports · 2021
- Exposure to aflatoxins and fumonisins and linear growth of children in rural Ethiopia: a longitudinal study
Public Health Nutrition · 2021
- Mining maize diversity and improving its nutritional aspects within agro‐food systems
Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety · 2020
- Behavioural insights to support increased consumption of quality protein maize by young children: a cluster randomised trial in Ethiopia
BMJ Global Health · 2020
- Agronomic Biofortification of Maize with Zinc Fertilizers Increases Zinc Uptake from Maize Flour by Human Intestinal Caco-2 Cells
Current Developments in Nutrition · 2020
- Maize agro-food systems to ensure food and nutrition security in reference to the Sustainable Development Goals
Global Food Security · 2019
- Soil Zinc Is Associated with Serum Zinc But Not with Linear Growth of Children in Ethiopia
Nutrients · 2019
- Biofortified Maize Can Improve Quality Protein Intakes among Young Children in Southern Ethiopia
Nutrients · 2019
- Hemoglobin and hepcidin have good validity and utility for diagnosing iron deficiency anemia among pregnant women
European Journal of Clinical Nutrition · 2019
- Agriculture to Nutrition (ATONU): Dietary Diversity and Nutritional Status in Women and Children in Rural Farming Households in Ethiopia and Tanzania
2019
- Nutritious Maize for Ethiopia (NuME) - baseline survey
2019
- Associations among High-Quality Protein and Energy Intake, Serum Transthyretin, Serum Amino Acids and Linear Growth of Children in Ethiopia
Nutrients · 2018
- Harnessing University Strengths in Multisectoral Collaborations for Planetary Health
Current Developments in Nutrition · 2018
- Current Developments in Nutrition×10
- Journal of Nutrition×4
- Figshare×4
- Global Food Security×3
- Nutrients×3
- Ramya Ambikapathi
Nursing · Purdue University West Lafayette
- Emily Seiger
Nursing · Purdue University West Lafayette
- Atossa Rahmanifar
Nursing · Purdue University West Lafayette
- Leah Bevis
Nursing · The Ohio State University
- Barbara A. Piperata
Nursing · The Ohio State University
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Last updated Jul 20, 2026.
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