Objectives: Approximately one third of children in developing countries are deficient in vitamin A (VA). Of these, 5.2 million are affected by night blindness—a severe impairment in dark adaptation. ProVA biofortified “orange” maize has been introduced in Africa as a potential in...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21269
Kerry Schulze, Saijuddin Shaikh, Hasmot Ali, Abu Ahmed Shamim, Lee Wu, Alain Labrique, Rolf Klemm, Sucheta Mehra, Pongtorn Sungpuag, Emorn Wasantwisut, Parul Christian & Keith West·European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety·2015
Objectives: Women often enter pregnancy with micronutrient deficiencies, exacerbated by demands of pregnancy. Yet, gestational micronutrient status is uncommonly assessed, even as momentum builds toward preventing multiple micronutrient (MM) deficiencies. We assessed micronutrien...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21300
Objectives: To evaluate the association between nutritional status and other risk factors with dietary diversity in the 1st trimester of pregnancy among women in rural Bangladesh. Methods: A cross-sectional analysis of data among women enrolled during the 1st trimester of pregnan...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/20886