Purnima Menon

13.2k total citations · 5 hit papers
223 papers, 7.9k citations indexed

About

Purnima Menon is a scholar working on Nutrition and Dietetics, General Health Professions and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Purnima Menon has authored 223 papers receiving a total of 7.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 202 papers in Nutrition and Dietetics, 101 papers in General Health Professions and 81 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. Recurrent topics in Purnima Menon's work include Child Nutrition and Water Access (201 papers), Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations (93 papers) and Global Maternal and Child Health (73 papers). Purnima Menon is often cited by papers focused on Child Nutrition and Water Access (201 papers), Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations (93 papers) and Global Maternal and Child Health (73 papers). Purnima Menon collaborates with scholars based in United States, India and Bangladesh. Purnima Menon's co-authors include Marie T. Ruel, Phuong Hong Nguyen, Edward A. Frongillo, Lan Mai Tran, Patrice L. Engle, Rahul Rawat, Rasmi Avula, Stuart Gillespie, Sunny S. Kim and Lawrence James Haddad and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, Nature Communications and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Purnima Menon

217 papers receiving 7.4k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Revisiting maternal and child undernutrition in low-income and middle-income countries: variable progress towards an unfinished agenda

2021 384 citations César G. Victora, Parul Christian et al. The Lancet profile →
The politics of reducing malnutrition: building commitment and accelerating progress

2013 322 citations Purnima Menon et al. The Lancet profile →
Breastfeeding: crucially important, but increasingly challenged in a market-driven world

2023 270 citations Rafael Pérez‐Escamilla, Cecília Tomori et al. The Lancet profile →
Strategies and interventions for healthy adolescent growth, nutrition, and development

2021 144 citations Purnima Menon, Harold Alderman et al. The Lancet profile →
Mobilising evidence, data, and resources to achieve global maternal and child undernutrition targets and the Sustainable Development Goals: an agenda for action

2021 143 citations Ellen Piwoz, Purnima Menon et al. The Lancet profile →

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	What works for reducing stunting in low-income and middle-income countries? Cumulative learnings from the Global Stunting Exemplars Project 2025 ·American Journal of Clinical Nutrition ·Zulfiqar A Bhutta, Muhammad Islam, Michelle F Gaffey, César G. Victora, Purnima Menon, Joanne Katz, Susan Horton, Jamal A Yearwood, Robert E. Black	1
2	Women improving nutrition through self-help groups in India: Does nutrition information help? 2024 ·Food Policy ·Neha Kumar, Kalyani Raghunathan, Agnes Quisumbing, Samuel Scott, Purnima Menon, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown)	4
3	Utilization of Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) and its linkages with undernutrition in India 2024 ·Maternal and Child Nutrition ·Shri Kant Singh, (unknown), Harold Alderman, Rasmi Avula, Laxmi Kant Dwivedi, (unknown), Trupti Meher, Purnima Menon, Phuong Hong Nguyen, (unknown), Parul Puri, Suman Chakrabarti	4
4	Assessing progress on the coverage of interventions in the first 1000 days in India: role of national programs 2024 ·BMJ Global Health ·Rasmi Avula, Phuong Hong Nguyen, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), A.K.S. Chauhan, (unknown), (unknown), Sarang Pedgaonkar, (unknown), Suman Chakrabarti, Shri Kant Singh, Purnima Menon	0
5	Assessing the hidden burden and costs of COVID-19 pandemic in South Asia: Implications for health and well-being of women, children and adolescents 2023 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·Aatekah Owais, Arjumand Rizvi, (unknown), Susan Horton, Jai K Das, Catherine E. Merritt, (unknown), (unknown), Paul Rutter, Phuong Hong Nguyen, Purnima Menon, Zulfiqar A Bhutta	5
6	Breastfeeding: crucially important, but increasingly challenged in a market-driven world breakdown → 2023 ·The Lancet ·Rafael Pérez‐Escamilla, Cecília Tomori, Sonia Hernández‐Cordero, Phillip Baker, Aluísio J. D. Barros, France Bégin, Donna J. Chapman, Laurence M. Grummer‐Strawn, David McCoy, Purnima Menon, Paulo Augusto Ribeiro Neves, Ellen Piwoz, Nigel Rollins, César G. Victora, Linda Richter	270
7	Increasing production diversity and diet quality: Evidence from Bangladesh 2023 ·American Journal of Agricultural Economics ·Akhter Ahmed, (unknown), (unknown), John Hoddinott, Purnima Menon, (unknown), Audrey Vidal Pereira, Agnes Quisumbing, Shalini Roy, (unknown)	9
8	Factors influencing quality nutrition service provision at antenatal care contacts: Findings from a public health facility-based observational study in 21 districts of Bangladesh 2022 ·PLoS ONE ·Sk Masum Billah, Nazia Binte Ali, Abdullah Nurus Salam Khan, Camille Raynes‐Greenow, Patrick J. Kelly, Md Shahjahan Siraj, Sufia Askari, Purnima Menon, Shams El Arifeen, Michael J. Dibley, Phuong Hong Nguyen	5
9	Underweight, overweight or obesity, diabetes, and hypertension in Bangladesh, 2004 to 2018 2022 ·PLoS ONE ·Phuong Hong Nguyen, (unknown), Khương Quỳnh Long, Rajat Das Gupta, Sk Masum Billah, Purnima Menon, Samuel Scott	10
10	Trends and geographic variability in gender inequalities in child mortality and stunting in India, 2006–2016 2021 ·Maternal and Child Nutrition ·Harold Alderman, Phuong Hong Nguyen, Lan Mai Tran, Purnima Menon	7
11	Impact of COVID-19 on household food insecurity and interlinkages with child feeding practices and coping strategies in Uttar Pradesh, India: a longitudinal community-based study 2021 ·BMJ Open ·Phuong Hong Nguyen, Shivani Kachwaha, Anjali Pant, Lan Mai Tran, Sebanti Ghosh, Praveen Kumar Sharma, (unknown), Jessica Escobar‐Alegria, Rasmi Avula, Purnima Menon	60
12	Revisiting maternal and child undernutrition in low-income and middle-income countries: variable progress towards an unfinished agenda breakdown → 2021 ·The Lancet ·César G. Victora, Parul Christian, Luís Paulo Vidaletti, Giovanna Gatica‐Domínguez, Purnima Menon, Robert E. Black	384
13	Early marriage and early childbearing in South Asia: trends, inequalities, and drivers from 2005 to 2018 2020 ·Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences ·Samuel Scott, Phuong Hong Nguyen, Sumanta Neupane, (unknown), Priya Nanda, Zulfiqar A Bhutta, Kaosar Afsana, Purnima Menon	51
14	A Double Edged Sword? Improvements in Economic Conditions over a Decade in IndiaLed to Declines in Undernutrition as Well as Increases in Overweight among Adolescents and Women 2019 ·Journal of Nutrition ·Melissa Young, Phuong Hong Nguyen, Lan Mai Tran, Rasmi Avula, Purnima Menon	42
15	Factors influencing the uptake of a mass media intervention to improve child feeding in Bangladesh 2018 ·Maternal and Child Nutrition ·Sunny S. Kim, (unknown), Phuong Hong Nguyen, Kuntal Kumar Saha, Mahbubul Islam Bhuiyan, Purnima Menon	16
16	Engagement of Husbands in a Maternal Nutrition Program Substantially Contributed to Greater Intake of Micronutrient Supplements and Dietary Diversity during Pregnancy: Results of a Cluster-Randomized Program Evaluation in Bangladesh 2018 ·Journal of Nutrition ·Phuong Hong Nguyen, Edward A. Frongillo, Tina Sanghvi, Gargi Wable Grandner, Zeba Mahmud, Lan Mai Tran, Bachera Aktar, Kaosar Afsana, Silvia Alayón, Marie T. Ruel, Purnima Menon	43
17	Changes in the policy environment for infant and young child feeding in Vietnam, Bangladesh, and Ethiopia, and the role of targeted advocacy 2017 ·BMC Public Health ·Jody Harris, Edward A. Frongillo, Phuong Hong Nguyen, Sunny S. Kim, Purnima Menon	25
18	Exposure to mass media and interpersonal counseling has additive effects on exclusive breastfeeding and its psychosocial determinants among Vietnamese mothers 2016 ·Maternal and Child Nutrition ·Phuong Hong Nguyen, Sunny S. Kim, Tuan T. Nguyen, Nemat Hajeebhoy, Lan Mai Tran, Silvia Alayón, Marie T. Ruel, Rahul Rawat, Edward A. Frongillo, Purnima Menon	54
19	Program Impact Pathway Analysis of a Social Franchise Model Shows Potential to Improve Infant and Young Child Feeding Practices in Vietnam 2014 ·Journal of Nutrition ·Phuong Hong Nguyen, Purnima Menon, (unknown), Sunny S. Kim, Nemat Hajeebhoy, Lan Mai Tran, Marie T. Ruel, Rahul Rawat	50
20	Micronutrient Sprinkles Reduce Anemia among 9- to 24-Mo-Old Children When Delivered through an Integrated Health and Nutrition Program in Rural Haiti 2007 ·Journal of Nutrition ·Purnima Menon, Marie T. Ruel, Cornelia Loechl, Mary Arimond, Jean‐Pierre Habicht, Gretel H. Pelto, (unknown)	99

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