Muzi Na

• Food insecurity and health disparity
• Maternal and child nutrition in low-income populations
• Innovative quantitative methods in nutrition research

• Maternal and child nutrition
• Infant and young child feeding practices
• Food insecurity
• Innovative quantitative methods in nutrition research

• Na, M., Aguayo, V. M., Arimond, M., Mustaphi, P., Stewart, C. P. (2018). Predictors of complementary feeding practices in Afghanistan. An in-depth analysis of the 2015 Demographic and Health Survey. Maternal & Child Nutrition. In press.
• Na, M., Aguayo, V. M., Arimond, M., Narayan, A., Stewart, C. P. (2018). Stagnating trends in complementary feeding practices in Bangladesh: an analysis of national surveys from 2004‐2014. Maternal & Child Nutrition, e12624. https://doi.org/10.1111/mcn.12624
• Na, M., Aguayo, V. M., Arimond, M., Dahal, P., Lamichhane, B., Pokharel, R., ... & Stewart, C. P. (2017). Trends and predictors of appropriate complementary feeding practices in Nepal: An analysis of national household survey data collected between 2001 and 2014. Maternal & Child Nutrition (Early View).
• Na M, Aguayo VM, Arimond M, Stewart CP. (2017). Risk factors of poor complementary feeding practices in Pakistani children aged 6-23 months. A multi-level analysis of the Demographic and Health Survey 2012-2013. Maternal & Child Nutrition, 13(S2).
• Na M, Caswell BL, Talegawkar SA, Palmer AC. (2017). Monthly food insecurity assessment in rural Zambia: a longitudinal analysis. BMC Public Health 17(1), 260
• Na M, Mehra S, Christian P, Ali H, Shaikh S, Shamim AA, Labrique A, Klemm R, Wu L, West KPJ. (2016). Maternal dietary diversity decreases with household food insecurity in rural Bangladesh: a longitudinal analysis. Journal of Nutrition 146(10):2109-16.
• Na M, Gross AL, Lewis BL, Talegawkar SA, Palmer AC. (2016). Internal validity of the Food Access Survey Tool in assessing household food insecurity in rural Zambia. Food Security 8(3):679-88.
• Na M, Jennings L, Talegawkar SA, West KPJ, Ahmed S. (2015). Association between women’s empowerment and infant and child feeding practices in low and middle-income countries: an analysis of Demographic and Health Surveys. Public Health Nutrition 18(17), 3155–3165
• Na M, Gross A, West KPJ. (2015). Validation of the Food Access Survey Tool to assess household food insecurity in rural Bangladesh. BMC Public Health, 15:863.
• Jennings L, Na M, Cherewick M, Hindin M, Mullany B, Ahmed, S. (2014). Women's empowerment and male involvement in antenatal care: analyses of Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS)in selected African countries. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 14(1), 297.

Courses Taught

• NUTR 251 - Introductory Principles of Nutrition