Food fortification strategies to deliver nutrients for the management of iron deficiency anaemia [PDF]
Current Research in Food Science, 2022 A rising trend in the global prevalence of anaemia is still prevailing. To combat micronutrient deficiencies, World Health Organisation/Food Agriculture Organisation (2006) guidelines recommended four chief strategies – supplementation, fortification ...
Naman Kaur +2 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 HealthIntroduction 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 +6 more
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The Policy of Compulsory Large-Scale Food Fortification in Sub-Saharan Africa [PDF]
FoodsFood fortification with micronutrients was initially justified in developed countries by a lack of availability of micronutrients in staple crops, mainly due to soil exhaustion.
Victoria Bell +4 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 +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 NutritionObjective: 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 +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 +3 more
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Factors influencing the implementation of food fortification regulation among small and medium-scale corn millers in Dar es Salaam Tanzania: a qualitative study [PDF]
BMJ Nutrition, Prevention & HealthObjective The study aimed to explore factors influencing the implementation of food fortification regulation among corn millers in Dar es Salaam Tanzania.Methods This phenomenological qualitative study was conducted in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania among ...
Bruno F Sunguya +2 more
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Overview: Existing Context and the Need to Generate Evidence of the Impact of Large‐Scale Food Fortification on the Prevalence of Anemia [PDF]
Maternal and Child NutritionManpreet Chadha +3 more
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Vitamin A Status of Women and Children in Yaoundé and Douala, Cameroon, is Unchanged One Year after Initiation of a National Vitamin A Oil Fortification Program. [PDF]
, 2017 Vitamin A (VA) fortification of cooking oil is considered a cost-effective strategy for increasing VA status, but few large-scale programs have been evaluated. We conducted representative surveys in Yaoundé and Douala, Cameroon, 2 years before and 1 year
Brown, Kenneth H +7 more
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A Data Driven Approach to Identify Safe and Adequate Schemes for Vitamin D Fortification
Foods, 2022 Food fortification is a strategy to increase low vitamin D intake. In order to avoid the intake of a population exceeding the upper tolerable intake level, the right choice of food groups to fortify is of crucial importance.
Tue Christensen +2 more
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