BMC Nutrition, 2019 Background Zinc is an essential trace element that plays a key role in the immune, gastrointestinal, respiratory and nervous systems. In Colombia, a vast percentage of children live in low-income households with food insecurity and nutritional ...
Ángela María Pinzón-Rondón +4 more
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Nutritional and environmental benefits of increasing insect consumption in Africa and Asia
Environmental Research Letters, 2021 Most global dietary forecasts predict a reduction in nutritional deficiencies over the next several decades driven by significant increases in environmentally unsustainable livestock and animal source food consumption.
Matthew R Smith +3 more
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Maternal serum zinc deficiency in cases of neural tube defect in Gorgan, north Islamic Republic of Iran [PDF]
, 2009 Previous studies have shown a high rate of neural tube defects (NTD) in Gorgan, northern Islamic Republic of Iran. This case-control study during 2003-04 compared serum zinc levels and other variables in 23 mothers of neonates affected with NTD and 36 ...
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Effects of Maternal Vitamin D Deficiency on the Newborn: A Cohort Study [PDF]
Indian Journal of Neonatal Medicine and Research, 2021 Introduction: Vitamin D deficiency occurs during pregnancy all over the world because of lifestyle modifications, less sun exposure, sunscreen application and reduced amount of vitamin D in diet.
RAMESH SONOWAL +3 more
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Feeding of premature infants at the outpatient stage
Лечащий Врач, 2023 Background. The article highlights the key points of the report on the feeding of premature infants at the outpatient stage, presented by the chief researcher of the Laboratory of Nutrition of healthy and sick children of the National Medical Research ...
V. A. Skvortsova +2 more
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Thiamine deficiency in alcoholics with normal body mass index
Journal of Dr. NTR University of Health Sciences, 2019 Background: Ethanol consumption leads to nutritional deficiency due to various causes. Well known theoretical as well as literature supports the hypothesis on dietary factors, metabolic derangement and alcohol per se produces empty calories.
Shanmugiah Arumugam
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Comparative Productivity and Seed Nutrition of Cotton by Plant Growth Regulation under Deficient and Adequate Boron Conditions [PDF]
Planta Daninha, 2018 : Plant growth regulators (PGRs) potentially improve the productivity and nutritional quality of crops through modulation of morphology, physiology and nutrient dynamics within plants.
A. ZOHAIB +3 more
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Effects of the Zanzibar School-Based Deworming Program on Iron Status of Children. [PDF]
, 1998 We evaluated the effects of the Zanzibar school-based deworming program on the iron status of primary school children. Parasitologic and nutritional assessments were carried out at baseline, 6 mo, and 12 mo in 4 nonprogram schools (n = 1002), 4 schools ...
Albonico, M +5 more
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The roles of vitamin D and dietary calcium in nutritional rickets
Bone Reports, 2018 The etiology and pathogenesis of nutritional rickets are becoming progressively clearer. Vitamin D deficiency has generally been considered the major or only player in the pathogenesis of nutritional rickets.
Kebashni Thandrayen, John M. Pettifor
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Nutritional status of young children with inherited blood disorders in western Kenya. [PDF]
, 2014 To determine the association between a range of inherited blood disorders and indicators of poor nutrition, we analyzed data from a population-based, cross-sectional survey of 882 children 6–35 months of age in western Kenya.
Ruth, LJ +4 more
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