Tafere Belay

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 As an Associate Professor in the Health Sciences Department at Central Washington University, Dr. Belay imparts knowledge through a range of nutrition courses at both undergraduate and graduate levels. His research endeavors focus on the assessment of micronutrient deficiency diseases, maternal and child nutrition, and food insecurity, with his current work centered around insightful studies utilizing the NHANES dataset.

Education & Certifications

Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK

• Ph.D Nutritional Sciences
• M.S. Nutritional Sciences

Courses taught at CWU

Undergraduate Courses

• NUTR 101: Introduction to Human Nutrition
• NUTR 447: Community Nutrition
• NUTR 442: Nutrition Assessment Laboratory
• NUTR 440: Experimental Foods
• NUTR 445: Experimental Food Research
• NUTR 434: Micronutrients
• NUTR 433: Nutrition and Metabolism

Research Interests

• Micronutrient deficiencies
• Maternal and child nutrition
• Food insecurity

Selected Publications

Iron deficiency was not the major cause of
anemia in rural women of reproductive age in
Sidama zone, southern Ethiopia: A cross-sectional study

Chronic inflammation was a major predictor
and determinant factor of anemia in lactating
women in Sidama zone southern Ethiopia: A
cross-sectional study

Excessive intake of iodine and low prevalence of goiter in school age children five years after implementation of national salt iodization in Shebedino woreda, southern Ethiopia

Iodine supplementation of lactating women
and assessment of infant visual information
processing and maternal and infant thyroid
function: A randomized trial

Prevalence and contributing factors of anemia among children aged 6–24 months and 25–59 months in Mali

 

 

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FULL LIST OF PUBLICATIONS