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Food fortification technologies: Influence on iron, zinc and vitamin A bioavailability and potential implications on micronutrient deficiency in sub-Saharan Africa

, 2021
Micronutrient malnutrition, such as iron, zinc and vitamin A deficiencies, is a global health risk. Although distributed globally, over 98% of malnourished persons reside in developing regions. Specifically, sub-Saharan Africa accounts for more than half
I. Ohanenye, C. U. Emenike, Azza Mensi, S. Medina‐Godoy, Jian Jin, T. Ahmed, Xiaohong Sun, Chibuike C. Udenigwe   +7 more
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Effectiveness of Food Fortification in Improving Nutritional Status of Mothers and Children in Indonesia

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2021
Food fortification programs have been conducted in several countries to overcome micronutrient deficiency and related problems with various degrees of effectiveness.
N. Dewi, T. Mahmudiono
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Modeling food fortification contributions to micronutrient requirements in Malawi using Household Consumption and Expenditure Surveys

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 2021
Large‐scale food fortification may be a cost‐effective intervention to increase micronutrient supplies in the food system when implemented under appropriate conditions, yet it is unclear if current strategies can equitably benefit populations with the ...
Kevin Tang, Katherine P. Adams, E. Ferguson, Monica B. Woldt, A. Kalimbira, Blessings H Likoswe, J. Yourkavitch, B. Chrisinger, Sarah Pedersen, Lucía Segovia de la Revilla, O. Dary, E. Ander, E. Joy   +12 more
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Food Fortification With Folic Acid for Prevention of Spina Bifida and Anencephaly: The Need for a Paradigm Shift in Evidence Evaluation for Policy-Making

American Journal of Epidemiology, 2021
Context-specific evidence evaluation is advocated in modern epidemiology to support public health policy decisions, avoiding excessive reliance on experimental study designs.
H. Martínez, H. Pachón, V. Kancherla, G. Oakley   +3 more
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Food Fortification: The Level of Awareness among Kenyan Consumers

Journal of Nutrition and Metabolism, 2020
More than half of the morbidity and mortality cases among children in Kenya are as a result of micronutrient deficiencies (MNDs). Food fortification is considered by the Government of Kenya as a feasible strategy for addressing MNDs.
Amaya Aura Linda, Florence Kyallo, Judith K. Okoth, Peter Kahenya, Anselimo Makokha, Daniel Sila, John Mwai   +6 more
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Enablers and Barriers of Zinc Fortification; Experience from 10 Low- and Middle-Income Countries with Mandatory Large-Scale Food Fortification

Nutrients, 2021
Adequate zinc nutrition is important for child growth, neurodevelopment, immune function, and normal pregnancy outcomes. Seventeen percent of the global population is estimated to be at risk for inadequate zinc intake.
A. Tarini, M. Manger, K. Brown, M. Mbuya, Laura A. Rowe, F. Grant, R. Black, C. McDonald   +7 more
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A dual food-to-food fortification with moringa (Moringa oleifera Lam.) leaf powder and baobab (Adansonia digitata L.) fruit pulp increases micronutrients solubility in sorghum porridge

Scientific African, 2022
Malnutrition is one of the most serious problems throughout the world and children are especially vulnerable. This research aimed at designing a fermented sorghum porridge food-fortified with moringa leaf powder and baobab fruit pulp and assessing ...
Marius Affonfere, Yann E. Madode, Flora J. Chadare, Paulin Azokpota, D. Joseph Hounhouigan   +4 more
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Attitude, awareness and recommendations regarding fortified food usage amongst Health Care Professionals of Punjab.

Proceedings, 2023
Introduction: Fortification is the practice of deliberately increasing the content of one or more micronutrients i.e., vitamins and minerals in a food or condiment to improve the nutritional quality of the food supply and provide a public health benefit
Wardah Nisar, Rabbiya Sarwar, Shahid Nabi, Zainab Bilal Malik, Shamaila Zamir   +4 more
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Use of Branded Food Composition Databases for the Exploitation of Food Fortification Practices: A Case Study on Vitamin D in the Slovenian Food Supply

Frontiers in Nutrition, 2022
Vitamin D deficiency is a worldwide public health concern, which can be addressed with voluntary or mandatory food fortification. The aim of this study was to determine if branded food composition databases can be used to investigate voluntary ...
Sanja Krušič, Maša Hribar, Maša Hribar, Edvina Hafner, Edvina Hafner, Katja Žmitek, Katja Žmitek, Igor Pravst, Igor Pravst, Igor Pravst   +9 more
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Using food fortification to improve vitamin D bioaccessibility and intakes

Proceedings of the Nutrition Society, 2021
Vitamin D intakes and status are low in many countries due to seasonal UVB exposure variation and the fact that few foods are naturally vitamin D rich.
A. McCourt, A. O’Sullivan
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