ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
E-mail Address: lwtengco@up.edu.ph
Master's Degree: MS Nutrition
Specialization: Nutrition Assessment, Nutrition Education, Public Health
Research Interests: Consumer Behavior, Social Media for Health, Nutrition Education
Professional Eligibility: Nutritionist-Dietitian Licensure Exam
Maramag CC, Ribaya-Mercado JD, Rayco-Solon P, Solon JA, Tengco LW, Blumberg JB, Solon FS. Influence of carotene-rich vegetable meals on the prevalence of anaemia and iron deficiency in Filipino schoolchildren. Eur J Clin Nutr. 2010 Mar 10.
Cabalda AB, Tengco LW, Solon JA, Sarol JN Jr, Rayco-Solon P, Solon FS. Efficacy of pandesal baked from wheat flour fortified with iron and vitamin A in improving the iron and anthropometric status of anemic schoolchildren in the Philippines. J Am Coll Nutr. 2009 Oct;28:591-600.
Risonar MG, Rayco-Solon P, Tengco LW, Sarol JN Jr, Paulino LS, Solon FS. Effectiveness of a redesigned iron supplementation delivery system for 2008 Aug pregnant women in Negros Occidental, Philippines. Public Health Nutr. 2009 Jul 27:932-40. Epub 2008 Aug 27.
Risonar MG, Rayco-Solon P, Ribaya-Mercado JD, Solon JA, Cabalda AB, Tengco LW, Solon FS. Physical activity, energy requirement and adequacy of dietary intakes of older persons in a rural Filipino community. Nutr J. 2009 May;4:8-19.
Risonar MG, Tengco LW, Rayco-Solon P, Solon FS. The effect of a school-based weekly iron supplementation delivery system among anemic schoolchildren in the Philippines. Eur J Clin Nutr. 2008 Aug;62(8):991-6.
Tengco LW, Rayco-Solon P, Solon JA, Sarol JN Jr, Solon FS. Determinants of anemia among preschool children in the Philippines. J Am Coll Nutr. 2008 Apr;27(2):229-43.
Ribaya-Mercado JD, Maramag CC, Tengco LW, Blumberg JB, Solon FS. Relationships of body mass index with serum carotenoids, tocopherols and retinol at steady-state and in response to a carotenoid-rich vegetable diet intervention in Filipino schoolchildren. Biosci Rep. 2008 Apr;28(2):97-106.
Maramag CC, Tengco LW, Rayco-Solon P, Solon JA, Maglalang HC, Solon FS. Stability of iodine in iodized fresh and aged salt exposed to simulated market conditions. Food Nutr Bull. 2007 Dec;28(4):412-8.
Ribaya-Mercado JD, Maramag CC, Tengco LW, Dolnikowski GG, Blumberg JB, Solon FS. Carotene-rich plant foods ingested with minimal dietary fat enhance the total-body vitamin A pool size in Filipino schoolchildren as assessed by stable-isotope-dilution methodology. Am J Clin Nutr. 2007 Apr;85(4):1041-9.
Solon FS, Bolima AA, Tengco LW, Maglalang HC. Monitoring of iron and vitamin A in fortified flour at the bakery level. Phil J Nutr 2005;52:45-52
Wambangco-Tengco LS, FS Solon. Nutritional status, dietary intake and soil-transmitted helminthiases among school children in selected rural villages in the Philippines. Phil J Nutr 2004; 51(1-4):32-39
Solon FS, Sarol Jr. JN, Bernardo ABI, Solon JAA, Mehansho H, Fermin LS, Wambangco LS, Juhlin KD. Effect of a multiple-micronutrient-fortified fruit powder beverage on the nutritional status, physical fitness, and cognitive performance of schoolchildren in the Philippines. Food Nutr Bull 2003;24:S129-40.
Solon FS, Sanchez LF, Wambangco LS. Strengths and weaknesses of the food fortification program for the elimination of vitamin A deficiency in the Philippines. Food Nutr Bull 2000;21(2):239-46.