Syeda Mahsina Akter
Assistant Scientist
CNCDN
Short Biography
Dr. Syeda Mahsina Akter is a public health
nutrition researcher with expertise in diet quality, food environments, and public
health in Bangladesh. Dr. Akter earned both her Ph.D. (Global Nutrition) and Master’s
in Nutrition and Health (specializing in Epidemiology and Public Health) from Wageningen
University and Research, The Netherlands.
Over the past decade, her work has advanced
understanding of optimal diets during adolescence, pregnancy, and lactation;
breastfeeding practices; complementary feeding; the implementation of both
national and international codes on the marketing of breastmilk substitutes;
and the quality of nutrition service delivery—contributing to improved policies
and programs in Bangladesh.
Prior to that, she was involved with different
roles such as Assistant Director at Bangladesh Breastfeeding Foundation, Research
Investigator at icddr,b, External Researcher with Wageningen University’s
Global Nutrition Division etc.
MPH Modules Conducted
Current Projects
Peer Reviewed Publications
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Diet quality and associations with motivation and ability to consume a healthy diet among adolescents from urban low-income households in Bangladesh.
Authors: Mahsina Syeda Akter,Harriette M Snoek,Sabrina Rasheed,Kim Maasen,Shakuntala H Thilsted,Edith JM Feskens,and Elise F Talsma
DOI/URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2024.107563
Published on: 2024-09-01 -
How did the COVID-19 pandemic affect fish consumption among low-income urban households in Bangladesh - a path analysis
Authors: Mahsina Syeda Akter, Elise F Talsma, Edith JM Feskens, Shakuntala H Thilsted and Sabrina Rasheed
DOI/URL: doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2022.994236
Published on: 2022-09-15 -
Effects of third trimester counselling on pregnancy weight gain, birthweight, and breastfeeding among urban poor women in Bangladesh
Authors: S. M. Akter, S. K. Roy, S. K. Thakur, M. Sultana, W. Khatun, R. Rahman, S.S. Saliheen and N. Alam
DOI/URL: https://doi.org/10.1177/15648265120330030
Published on: 2012-09-01 -
Quality of nutrition services in primary health care facilities of Dhaka city: State of nutrition mainstreaming in urban Bangladesh
Authors: Islam Anne, F., Akter, S. M., Sheikh, S. P., Ireen, S., Escobar-DeMarco, J., Kappos, K., Ash, D., & Rasheed, S.
DOI/URL: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0278621
Published on: 2022-12-14 -
Violations of International Code of Breast‐milk Substitutes (BMS) in commercial settings and media in Bangladesh.
Authors: Sheikh SP, Akter SM, Anne FI, Ireen S, Escobar‐Alegria J, Kappos K, et al.
DOI/URL: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/mcn.13351
Published on: 2022-03-21 -
Policy content and stakeholder network analysis for infant and young child feeding in Bangladesh.
Authors: Sabrina Rasheed, Swapan Kumar Roy, Susmita Das, Syeda Nafisa Chowdhury, Mohammad Iqbal, Syeda Mahsina Akter, Khurshid Jahan, Shahadat Uddin and Anne Marie Thow.
DOI/URL: DOI: 10.1186/s12889-017-4338-0
Published on: 2017-06-13
Awards
- PhD scholarship
Research Focus
Nutrition Food environment healthy diets food systems
Education
- PhD, Wageningen University and Research