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A Framework to Establish Diet and Nutrition Competencies for Oral Health Care Education

Journal of Dental Education, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective: To prevent and manage oral disease, oral health care practitioners (OHCPs) must provide dietary counseling based on nutrition science. OHCPs are often ill‐equipped to provide such counseling due to fragmented and inadequate dietary education, which is typically attributed to limited curricular time or appropriately qualified faculty.
Teresa A. Marshall, Michael Crowe, Riva Touger‐Decker   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Determination of mineral composition of traditional plant-based bicarbonates: A case study of Eicchornia crassipes, Elaeis guineensis, and Musa x paradisiaca

International Journal of Agricultural Research, Innovation and Technology
Poor nutrition can lead to malnutrition due to micronutrient deficiencies, posing serious public health issues. Promoting traditional foods is one approach, with a sustainable impact on addressing micronutrient deficiencies, being explored in the ...
Exaucée Lukumu Mubenzem, Jean-Paul Mbo Nzundu, Clément Mutunda Mbadiko, Jean-Jacques Domondo Amogu, Gisèle Kafuti Makengo, Théophile Fundu Mbemba   +5 more
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Micronutrient specific SSR marker based diversity analysis for developing short duration wheat (Triticum aestivum)

The Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 2020
Malnutrition leads to high mortality especially in developing countries. Present study comprised 11 high yielding wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) genotypes sown during rabi 2014-15 and 2015-16 and crosses attempted during 2014-15 and sown at Research Field
DIVYA PHOUGAT, S K SETHI
doaj   +1 more source

How cost-effective is biofortification in combating micronutrient malnutrition?: An ex-ante assessment [PDF]

"Biofortification is increasingly seen as an additional tool to combat micronutrient malnutrition. This paper presents, for the first time, evidence on the costs and potential benefits of biofortification for a large number of countries in Africa, Asia ...
de Groote, Hugo, Garcia, James, González Carolina, Javelosa, Josyline, Johnson, Nancy, Manyong, Victor M., Meenakshi, J.V., Meng, Erika, Naher, Firdousi, Yanggen, David   +9 more
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Home-based versus clinic-based care for patients starting antiretroviral therapy with low CD4⁺ cell counts: findings from a cluster-randomized trial. [PDF]

, 2014
OBJECTIVES: African health services have shortages of clinical staff. We showed previously, in a cluster-randomized trial, that a home-based strategy using trained lay-workers is as effective as a clinic-based strategy. It is not known whether home-based
Amuron, Amuron, Braitstein, Brinkhof, Brinkhof, Cornell, Gupta, Jaffar, Jaffar, Lawn, MacPherson, May, Mills, Rosen, Wandeler   +14 more
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Salt‐induced nutritional and metabolic shifts in halophytes: implications for food security

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, EarlyView.
Abstract Plant species vary in their response to salinity: some crops show a degree of salt tolerance, while halophytes – whether wild or cultivated – are characterized by a high capacity to thrive under saline conditions. Halophytes are considered a source of valuable secondary metabolites with potential economic value, yet they might also produce ...
Giulia Atzori, Pedro Garcia Caparros, Antonella Castagna, Luisa Custódio, Valentina Lazazzara, Claus Krogh Madsen, Felicia Menicucci, Maria João Rodrigues, Katalin Solymosi, Jose Ramon Acosta Motos   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Nutrition situation of Burkina Faso: a narrative review

NAJFNR, 2020
Introduction: Burkina Faso is a landlocked West African country, where livelihoods are heavily dependent on subsistence agriculture, and the humanitarian crisis has increased populations vulnerability to malnutrition.
Moussa Ouedraogo, Ousmane Ouedraogo, Urbain Zongo, Saidou Kabore, Estelle Aissa Bambara, Dia Sanou   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

THE IMPACT OF MICRONUTRIENTS ON LABOR PRODUCTIVITY: EVIDENCE FROM RURAL INDIA [PDF]

Micronutrient malnutrition, particularly of iron, is widespread on the South Asian subcontinent and economic losses due to reduced productivity of afflicted population groups are believed to be substantial. This paper examines the impact of micronutrient
Weinberger, Katinka
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The use of edible insects in human food

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, EarlyView.
Abstract The world population is expected to reach approximately 10 billion people by 2050, which will significantly increase global food demand and may lead to agricultural shortages and a higher risk of food insecurity. In this context, this review discusses the potential of insects as alternative sources of animal protein, addressing their ...
Pamela Barroso de Oliveira, Hugo Calixto Fonseca, Cláudia Regina Vieira, Gleidson Giordano Pinto de Carvalho, Jane Sélia dos Reis dos Coimbra, Bruna Mara Aparecida de Carvalho Mesquita   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Economics of Biofortification [PDF]

Micronutrient malnutrition affects billions of people world-wide, causing serious health problems. Different micronutrient interventions are currently being used, but their overall coverage is relatively limited. Biofortification that is, breeding staple
Meenakshi, J.V., Qaim, Matin, Stein, Alexander J.   +2 more
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