Rate My Professor Lisa Houghton

Her research focuses on community and international nutrition, particularly the assessment and health consequences of micronutrient deficiencies in at-risk populations, maternal and young child undernutrition, and nutritional assessments in Indonesia, Kenya, and India. Key areas include the influence of infant and young child feeding practices on diet quality, gut microbiota, growth, and morbidity; the impact of complementary feeding home-fortification strategies using desiccated beef powder on young children's growth and development; and the development of field-friendly biomarkers for exclusive breastfeeding. Influential publications encompass 'The case against ergocalciferol (vitamin D2) as a vitamin supplement' (2006, The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition), which has garnered over 800 citations; 'Long-term vitamin D3 supplementation is more effective than vitamin D2 in maintaining serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D status over the winter months' (2013, British Journal of Nutrition); 'Micronutrient intakes of lactating mothers and their association with breast milk concentrations and micronutrient adequacy of exclusively breastfed Indonesian infants' (2019, The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition); and 'Serum zinc is a major predictor of anemia and mediates the effect of selenium on hemoglobin in school-aged children in a nationally representative survey in New Zealand' (2016, The Journal of Nutrition). Her work has advanced knowledge on micronutrient interventions in vulnerable groups, reflected in over 3,000 career citations.