Lieven Huybregts (0000-0002-3068-2853)

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Lieven is a senior researcher in the Poverty Health and Nutrition Division at IFPRI. Previously, he was a post-doctoral fellow at Ghent University and visiting scientist at the Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp (Belgium). He designed and conducted several maternal and child nutrition intervention studies (both efficacy and effectiveness) in the Global South. His research spans the first 1,000 days of life with selected work on adolescent nutrition, social protection interventions, and the urban food environment. While most of his work is situated in Burkina Faso and Mali, he has previous experience working in Ethiopia, Chad, Somaliland, Ghana, and Ecuador collaborating with local research institutions and NGOs.
Lieven holds a PhD in Applied Biological Sciences from Ghent University (Belgium) and an MSc in Bioscience Engineering (major food sciences) from Ghent University.

Keywords: dietary intake assessment, prenatal nutrition interventions, child malnutrition prevention and treatment strategies.

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Universiteit Gent: Gent, BE

2021-09-01 to present | Visiting associate professor (Department of Food Technology, Safety, and Health)

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International Food Policy Research Institute: Washington, DC, US

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Universiteit Gent: Gent, BE

Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde: Antwerpen, BE

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Effects of prenatal small-quantity lipid-based nutrient supplements on pregnancy, birth and infant outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis of individual participant data from randomized controlled trials in low- and middle-income countries

A Multi-Omics and Human Biomonitoring Approach to Assessing the Effectiveness of Fortified Balanced Energy–Protein Supplementation on Maternal and Newborn Health in Burkina Faso: A Study Protocol

Harmonization of maternal balanced energy-protein supplementation studies for individual participant data (IPD) meta-analyses - finding and creating similarities in variables and data collection.

Fortified balanced energy-protein supplementation during pregnancy and lactation and infant growth in rural Burkina Faso: A 2 × 2 factorial individually randomized controlled trial.

Effects of prenatal nutritional supplements on gestational weight gain in low- and middle-income countries: a meta-analysis of individual participant data.

Seasonality and Day-to-Day Variability of Dietary Diversity: Longitudinal Study of Pregnant Women Enrolled in a Randomized Controlled Efficacy Trial in Rural Burkina Faso

Preventive small-quantity lipid-based nutrient supplements reduce severe wasting and severe stunting among young children: an individual participant data meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.

Strengthening causal inference from randomised controlled trials of complex interventions.

Prenatal fortified balanced energy-protein supplementation and birth outcomes in rural Burkina Faso: A randomized controlled efficacy trial.

Characteristics and birth outcomes of pregnant adolescents compared to older women: An analysis of individual level data from 140,000 mothers from 20 RCTs.

Multiple-micronutrient supplementation in pregnant adolescents in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review and a meta-analysis of individual participant data.

Fortified Balanced Energy-Protein Supplements Increase Nutrient Adequacy without Displacing Food Intake in Pregnant Women in Rural Burkina Faso.

Characteristics that modify the effect of small-quantity lipid-based nutrient supplementation on child anemia and micronutrient status: an individual participant data meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.

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.

Small-quantity lipid-based nutrient supplements for children age 6-24 months: a systematic review and individual participant data meta-analysis of effects on developmental outcomes and effect modifiers.

Effect of balanced energy-protein supplementation during pregnancy and lactation on birth outcomes and infant growth in rural Burkina Faso: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial

Standard Minimum Dietary Diversity Indicators for Women or Infants and Young Children Are Good Predictors of Adequate Micronutrient Intakes in 24–59-Month-Old Children and Their Nonpregnant Nonbreastfeeding Mothers in Rural Burkina Faso

Effect of fish-oil supplementation on breastmilk long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acid concentration: a randomized controlled trial in rural Ethiopia.

Lipid-based nutrient supplements and all-cause mortality in children 6–24 months of age: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

Impact on child acute malnutrition of integrating a preventive nutrition package into facility-based screening for acute malnutrition during well-baby consultation: A cluster-randomized controlled trial in Burkina Faso

Impact on child acute malnutrition of integrating small-quantity lipid-based nutrient supplements into community-level screening for acute malnutrition: A cluster-randomized controlled trial in Mali

Exposure to Livestock Feces and Water Quality, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) Conditions among Caregivers and Young Children: Formative Research in Rural Burkina Faso.

Neither n–3 Long-Chain PUFA Supplementation of Mothers through Lactation nor of Offspring in a Complementary Food Affects Child Overall or Social-Emotional Development: A 2 × 2 Factorial Randomized Controlled Trial in Rural Ethiopia

Poultry husbandry, water, sanitation, and hygiene practices, and child anthropometry in rural Burkina Faso.

Effects of multiannual, seasonal unconditional cash transfers on food security and dietary diversity in rural Burkina Faso: the Moderate Acute Malnutrition Out (MAM'Out) cluster-randomized controlled trial.

Feasibility and impact study of a reward-based mobile application to improve adolescents' snacking habits.

Effects of n-3 long-chain PUFA supplementation to lactating mothers and their breastfed children on child growth and morbidity: a 2 × 2 factorial randomized controlled trial in rural Ethiopia.

Effectiveness of facility-based personalized maternal nutrition counseling in improving child growth and morbidity up to 18 months: A cluster-randomized controlled trial in rural Burkina Faso.

A school-based intervention improved dietary intake outcomes and reduced waist circumference in adolescents: a cluster randomized controlled trial.

Validity and Reproducibility of a Food Frequency Questionnaire for Dietary Factors Related to Colorectal Cancer.

Improving diets and nutrition through an integrated poultry value chain and nutrition intervention (SELEVER) in Burkina Faso: study protocol for a randomized trial.

Estimates of burden and consequences of infants born small for gestational age in low and middle income countries with INTERGROWTH-21st standard: analysis of CHERG datasets.

Unconditional Cash Transfers Do Not Prevent Children's Undernutrition in the Moderate Acute Malnutrition Out (MAM'Out) Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial in Rural Burkina Faso.

Unconditional Seasonal Cash Transfer Increases Intake of High-Nutritional-Value Foods in Young Burkinabe Children: Results of 24-Hour Dietary Recall Surveys within the Moderate Acute Malnutrition Out (MAM'Out) Randomized Controlled Trial.

The impact of integrated prevention and treatment on child malnutrition and health: the PROMIS project, a randomized control trial in Burkina Faso and Mali.

Adding a reward increases the reinforcing value of fruit.

Sensitivity to reward and adolescents' unhealthy snacking and drinking behavior: the role of hedonic eating styles and availability.

Dietary diversity predicts dietary quality regardless of season in 6-12-month-old infants in south-west Ethiopia.

Development and validation of a quantitative snack and beverage food frequency questionnaire for adolescents.

Factors influencing the reinforcing value of fruit and unhealthy snacks.

Inconsistent diagnosis of acute malnutrition by weight-for-height and mid-upper arm circumference: contributors in 16 cross-sectional surveys from South Sudan, the Philippines, Chad, and Bangladesh.

Seasonality Modifies the Effect of a Lipid-Based Nutrient Supplement for Pregnant Rural Women on Birth Length

The MAM'Out project: a randomized controlled trial to assess multiannual and seasonal cash transfers for the prevention of acute malnutrition in children under 36 months in Burkina Faso.

Short Maternal Stature Increases the Risk of Small-for-Gestational-Age and Preterm Births in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Individual Participant Data Meta-Analysis and Population Attributable Fraction.

Comparison of US Birth Weight References and the International Fetal and Newborn Growth Consortium for the 21st Century Standard.

Sensitivity to reward is associated with snack and sugar-sweetened beverage consumption in adolescents.

A school-based intervention improves physical fitness in Ecuadorian adolescents: a cluster-randomized controlled trial

Determinants of child malnutrition in rural and urban Ecuadorian highlands

Prenatal Nutrient Supplementation and Postnatal Growth in a Developing Nation: An RCT

Treating moderate acute malnutrition in first-line health services: an effectiveness cluster-randomized trial in Burkina Faso