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Food Fortification as a Preventive Factor of Micronutrient Deficiency [PDF]

Техника и технология пищевых производств, 2020
Introduction. The problem of micronutrient deficiency remains a relevant issue all over the world. However, it is mostly developed countries that practice food fortification.
Mayurnikova L., Koksharov A., Krapiva T., Novoselov S.   +3 more
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Food fortification as a sustainable global strategy to mitigate micronutrient deficiencies and improve public health

Discover Food
This review aims to explore the role of food fortification as a critical public health strategy to combat global micronutrient deficiencies, which affect more than 2 billion people worldwide.
Syed Amir Ashraf
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Preventing birth defects, saving lives, and promoting health equity: an urgent call to action for universal mandatory food fortification with folic acid

The Lancet Global Health, 2022
Summary: July 20, 2021 marked the 30th anniversary of the publication of the landmark trial by the British Medical Research Council showing unequivocally that maternal intake of folic acid (vitamin B9) starting before pregnancy prevents most cases of ...
Vijaya Kancherla, PhD, Lorenzo D Botto, MD, Laura A Rowe, MPH, Nathan A Shlobin, BA, Adrian Caceres, MD, Anastasia Arynchyna-Smith, MPH, Kathrin Zimmerman, BA, Jeffrey Blount, MD, Zewdie Kibruyisfaw, MD, Kemel A Ghotme, MD, Santosh Karmarkar, MCh, Graham Fieggen, MD, Sylvia Roozen, PhD, Godfrey P Oakley, Jr, MD, Gail Rosseau, MD, Robert J Berry, MD   +15 more
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Current and potential contributions of large-scale food fortification to meeting micronutrient requirements in Senegal: a modelling study using household food consumption data [PDF]

BMJ Public Health
Introduction Micronutrient deficiencies are common among women of reproductive age (WRA) and children in Senegal. Large-scale food fortification (LSFF) can help fill gaps in dietary intake.Methods We used household food consumption data to model the ...
Katherine P Adams, Reina Engle-Stone, Brent Wibberley, Becky L Tsang, Ann Tarini, Maguette Beye, Laura A Rowe   +6 more
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The impact of food fortification on stunting in Zimbabwe: does gender of the household head matter?

Nutrition Journal, 2020
Background High prevalence of stunting in children under 5 years poses a major threat to child development in developing countries. It is associated with micronutrient deficiency arising from poor diets fed to children under 5 years.
Terrence Kairiza, George Kembo, Asankha Pallegedara, Lesley Macheka   +3 more
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Vitamin food fortification today

Food & Nutrition Research, 2012
Historically, food fortification has served as a tool to address population-wide nutrient deficiencies such as rickets by vitamin D fortified milk. This article discusses the different policy strategies to be used today.
Maria de Lourdes Samaniego-Vaesken, Elena Alonso-Aperte, Gregorio Varela-Moreiras   +2 more
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Estimating food consumption, micronutrient intake and the contribution of large-scale food fortification to micronutrient adequacy in Tanzania [PDF]

Public Health Nutrition
Objective: To assess the potential contribution of large-scale food fortification (LSFF) towards meeting dietary micronutrient requirements in Tanzania. Design: We used household food consumption data from the National Panel Survey 2014–15 to estimate ...
Rie Goto, Liberty Mlambo, Lucia Segovia De La Revilla, Aleswa Swai, Hoyce Mshida, Alex Amos, Emilian Karugendo, Gareth Osman, Kevin Tang, Thomas Codd, Christopher Chagumaira, Elaine L Ferguson, E Louise Ander, Theresia Jumbe, Ray Masumo, Omar Dary, Jennifer Yourkavitch, Sarah Pedersen, Germana H Leyna, Monica Woldt, Edward JM Joy   +20 more
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Vitamin D Food Fortification Strategies on Population-Based Dietary Intake Data Using Mixed-Integer Programming [PDF]

Foods, 2023
The dietary vitamin D intake of the Danish population is low, and food fortification is a strategy to increase intake. This paper explores the possibility of vitamin D fortification on the current population food intake in Denmark, such that the ...
Sayantan Sengupta, Tue Christensen, Gitte Ravn-Haren, Rikke Andersen   +3 more
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The impact of vitamin D food fortification and health outcomes in children: a systematic review and meta-regression

Systematic Reviews, 2020
Objective Vitamin D (vitD) deficiency is a global childhood health problem. Food fortification is a promising strategy to curb vitD deficiency.
Reem Al Khalifah, Rawan Alsheikh, Yossef Alnasser, Rana Alsheikh, Nora Alhelali, Ammar Naji, Nouf Al Backer   +6 more
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Food Fortification

Nutrient requirements are frequently not met due to the limited availability and affordability of an adequately diverse diet that includes plant, and animal-source foods. Food fortification refers to the addition of one or more nutrients to a food, during or after processing.
Khalid Bashir, Kulsum Jan, Vaibhav Kumar Maurya, Amita Shakya   +3 more
semanticscholar   +4 more sources