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Micronutrient deficiencies in critical illness [PDF]

Clinical Nutrition, 2021
Low micronutrient levels in critical illness have been reported in multiple studies. Because of the antioxidant properties of various micronutrients, micronutrient deficiency may augment oxidative stress in critical illness. However, it remains unclear whether micronutrient concentrations in ICU patients are different from those in healthy age-matched ...
Koekkoek, W.A.C., Hettinga, K., de Vries, J.H.M., van Zanten, A.R.H.   +3 more
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Multiple micronutrient deficiencies alter energy metabolism in host and gut microbiome in an early-life murine model

Frontiers in Nutrition, 2023
IntroductionMicronutrients perform a wide range of physiological functions essential for growth and development. However, most people still need to meet the estimated average requirement worldwide.
Paula T. Littlejohn, Paula T. Littlejohn, Haggai Bar-Yoseph, Karlie Edwards, Hong Li, Cynthia Y. Ramirez-Contreras, Ravi Holani, Avril Metcalfe-Roach, Avril Metcalfe-Roach, Yiyun M. Fan, Tom Min-Shih Yang, Nina Radisavljevic, Nina Radisavljevic, Xiaoke Hu, James D. Johnson, B. Brett Finlay, B. Brett Finlay, B. Brett Finlay   +17 more
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Micronutrient deficiency in children [PDF]

British Journal of Nutrition, 2001
Malnutrition increases morbidity and mortality and affects physical growth and development, some of these effects resulting from specific micronutrient deficiencies. While public health efforts must be targeted to improve dietary intakes in children through breast feeding and appropriate complementary feeding, there is a need for additional measures to
M K, Bhan, H, Sommerfelt, T, Strand
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Micronutrient deficiencies: current issues [PDF]

Proceedings of the Nutrition Society, 2019
Micronutrient deficiencies are of growing public health concern. An understanding of how micronutrient deficiencies affect health and measures that can be taken to improve micronutrient status are essential to improve population health. The main purpose of the 2018 Irish Section Meeting ‘Targeted approaches to tackling current nutritional issues’ was ...
Pamela J, Magee, Mary T, McCann
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Controlling Micronutrient Deficiencies in Asia

Asian Development Review, 1999
Vitamin A deficiency (VAD), iodine deficiency disorders (IDDs), and iron deficiency anemia (IDA) affect large numbers of the populations in Asia, often overlapping. Clinical VAD is probably declining, but subclinical VAD is common and carries significant
John Mason, Venkatesh Mannar, Nancy Mock
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Micronutrient Deficiencies and Plasmodium vivax Malaria among Children in the Brazilian Amazon. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2016
BACKGROUND:There is a growing body of evidence linking micronutrient deficiencies and malaria incidence arising mostly from P. falciparum endemic areas.
Silvana Gomes Benzecry, Márcia Almeida Alexandre, Sheila Vítor-Silva, Jorge Luis Salinas, Gisely Cardoso de Melo, Helyde Albuquerque Marinho, Ângela Tavares Paes, André Machado de Siqueira, Wuelton Marcelo Monteiro, Marcus Vinícius Guimarães Lacerda, Heitor Pons Leite   +10 more
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Lessons learned from implementing the pilot Micronutrient Powder Initiative in four districts in Ghana

BMC Nutrition, 2020
Background Micronutrient deficiencies affect many children in low-income settings due primarily to over-reliance on complementary foods low in nutrients. Home-fortification (HF) could improve children’s diet quality in these settings.
Frank Kyei-Arthur, Ruth Situma, Jevaise Aballo, Abraham B. Mahama, Lilian Selenje, Esi Amoaful, Seth Adu-Afarwuah   +6 more
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Secular Trends in the Prevalence of and Disability-Adjusted Life Years Due to Common Micronutrient Deficiencies in China From 1990 to 2019: An Age-Period-Cohort Study and Joinpoint Analysis

Frontiers in Nutrition, 2022
BackgroundUnderstanding the national burdens and trends of micronutrient deficiencies can help guide effective intervention strategies. However, there is a lack of evidence of secular trends and age and sex differences in China.
Haiying Chen, Jinxin Lu, Yongze Li
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Zinc, vitamin A, and vitamin C status are associated with leptin concentrations and obesity in Mexican women: results from a cross-sectional study

Nutrition & Metabolism, 2012
Background The prevalence of obesity among Mexican women is high and it could be related to micronutrient status. We evaluated in a cross-sectional study the associations of zinc and vitamins A, C and E concentrations with BMI, central adiposity, body ...
García Olga, Ronquillo Dolores, Caamaño María del, Camacho Mariela, Long Kurt, Rosado Jorge L   +5 more
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2.3 Micronutrient Deficiencies

, 2023
The issue of micronutrient status and deficiencies in the Eastern Mediterranean Region is discussed, the focus being on anaemia as the main symptom of iron deficiency, iodine status as well as zinc, vitamin A, vitamin D, folate and vitamin B12.
Ayoub Al-Jawaldeh, Alexa Meyer
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