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Keynote Speech: Micronutrient Malnutrition [PDF]

Food and Nutrition Bulletin, 2003
Im delighted to have the opportunity to be with you tonight and grateful that you have taken the time to attend this very important colloquium. For the record I should probably recognize at the outset that each one of you here tonight has a deeper knowledge of this subject than I do.
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Structural and Functional Properties of Ingredient Composition in Kenkey Preparation: A Review

ChemFoodChem, EarlyView.
This review synthesizes three decades of research on kenkey, a fermented maize staple of West Africa. Examining the structural, functional, and nutritional properties that emerge from traditional fermentation and thermal processing, and identifying priorities for future research toward quality standardization and commercial development. ABSTRACT Kenkey,
Afia Sakyiwaa Amponsah
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Zinc supplementation and its benefits in the management of chronic liver disease: An in-depth literature review

Annals of Hepatology, 2021
Malnutrition among patients with chronic liver disease (CLD) is a common complication with significant prognostic implications for patients with liver cirrhosis.
Ashley Bloom, Stephen Bloom, Hannah Silva, Amanda J. Nicoll, Rohit Sawhney   +4 more
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Grain zinc, iron and protein concentrations and zinc-efficiency in wild emmer wheat under contrasting irrigation regimes [PDF]

, 2008
Micronutrient malnutrition, and particularly deficiency in zinc (Zn) and iron (Fe), afflicts over three billion people worldwide, and nearly half of the world’s cereal-growing area is affected by soil Zn deficiency.
Cakmak, Ismail, Fahima, Tzion, Ozturk, Levent, Peleg, Zvi, Saranga, Yehoshua, Yazıcı, Mustafa Atilla, Yazici, Mustafa Atilla, Çakmak, İsmail, Öztürk, Levent   +8 more
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Global malnutrition overlaps with pollinator-dependent micronutrient production [PDF]

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 2014
Pollinators contribute around 10% of the economic value of crop production globally, but the contribution of these pollinators to human nutrition is potentially much higher. Crops vary in the degree to which they benefit from pollinators, and many of the most pollinator-dependent crops are also among the richest in micronutrients essential to human ...
Chaplin-Kramer, R, Dombeck, E, Gerber, J, Knuth, KA, Mueller, ND, Mueller, M, Ziv, G, Klein, A-M   +7 more
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A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis of Psychological Therapies for Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID) in Adolescents and Adults

International Journal of Eating Disorders, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective The efficacy of psychological therapies for adolescents and adults with avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID) has yet to be rigorously analyzed through systematic review or meta‐analysis. Method We identified articles from seven databases that presented psychological therapies for adolescents and adults with ARFID. First,
Copeland G. Winten, Esben Strodl, P. Evelyna Kambanis, Lynda J. Ross, Jennifer J. Thomas   +4 more
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Food insecurity, food based coping strategies and suboptimal dietary practices of adolescents in Jimma Zone Southwest Ethiopia [PDF]

, 2013
Despite the high prevalence of adolescent food insecurity in Ethiopia, there is no study which documented its association with suboptimal dietary practices.
Gebremariam, Abebe, Hogan, Dennis, Huybregts, Lieven, Kolsteren, Patrick, Lachat, Carl, Lema, Tefera Belachew, Lindstrom, David   +6 more
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Daily Preventive Zinc Supplementation Decreases Lymphocyte and Eosinophil Concentrations in Rural Laotian Children from Communities with a High Prevalence of Zinc Deficiency: Results of a Randomized Controlled Trial. [PDF]

, 2020
BACKGROUND:Zinc deficiency impairs immune function and is common among children in South-East Asia. OBJECTIVES:The effect of zinc supplementation on immune function in young Laotian children was investigated.
Andreini, Anzilotti, Barffour, Beck, Black, Boulay, Brown, Butt, Castillo-Duran, Charles B Stephensen, Chidchamai Kewcharoenwong, Gammoh, Ganjana Lertmemongkolchai, Gertrud U Schuster, Gibson, Guy-Marino Hinnouho, Haase, Hojyo, Honscheid, International Zinc Nutrition Consultative Group, International Zinc Nutrition Consultative Group, Inthira Tussakhon, Janet M Peerson, Jia, K Ryan Wessells, Kenneth H Brown, King, Lu, Maizels, Maxwell A Barffour, Mayo-Wilson, Maywald, Mehta, Prasad, Rajamanickam, Raqib, Ravin, Richter, Rosenkranz, Rosenkranz, Sandstead, Sazawal, Sengchanh Kounnavong, Sheikh, Shi, Sonja Y Hess, Tahan, Tepaamorndech, Walker, Wan, Waraporn Samer, Wessells, Wessells, WHO, Wu   +54 more
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Programs Against Micronutrient Malnutrition: Ending Hidden Hunger [PDF]

Annual Review of Public Health, 1994
An adequate intake of the micronutrients iodine vitamin A and iron is of immense importance to global development. Prevention of these nutrient deficiencies is potentially the most important achievable international health goal of the decade conceivably exceeding the impact of the global eradication of smallpox in the 1970s.
Maberly, G.F., Trowbridge, F.L., Yip, R., Sullivan, K.M., West, C.E.   +4 more
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Micronutrient Status in Children Suffering From Anorexia Nervosa: A Cohort of 349 Patients in a Referral Center for Eating Disorders

International Journal of Eating Disorders, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Anorexia nervosa (AN) is a serious illness in which more than half of all deaths are due to malnutrition. Critically low energy and protein intake are known causes of massive weight loss, whereas micronutrient deficiencies due to a low‐calorie food pattern remain poorly characterized in children with AN. Micronutrient deficiencies in
Zenaida Iordan, Diane Morfin, Marion Bernetiere, Marie Fauchet, Noël Peretti, Bérénice Segrestin, Pierre Poinsot   +6 more
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