Joanne Arsenault

Addition of Zinc to Soaking Water during Parboiling Increases the Zinc Content of Bangladeshi Rice

Christine Hotz, Kandakar Kabir, Sharifa Dipti, Joanne Arsenault & Moniruzzaman Bipul · European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety · 2015

Objectives: In Bangladesh, zinc deficiency affects 45% of preschool children and 57% of women. As zinc deficiency is linked to child growth stunting, diarrheal disease, pneumonia, and increased risk of child mortality, large-scale programs for its prevention are required. Most ri...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/EJNFS/2015/20919

Short-term, Daily Supplementation with Vitamin A, But Not Beta-carotene, Increases Plasma and Breast Milk Retinol Concentration in Lactating Filipino Women

Reina Englestone, Akoto Osei, Dolly Reario, Joanne Arsenault, Kenneth Brown & Marjorie Haskell · European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety · 2015

Objective: To assess the usefulness of breast milk vitamin A (BMVA) for evaluating the impact of food-based vitamin A (VA) interventions. Methods: We assessed the effect of daily supplementation with 600 ug VA activity as either retinyl palmitate or β-carotene (BC) or 0 ug VA act...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21029