Objectives: The state of Bihar historically has reported a high prevalence of vitamin A deficiency. Yet, in 2006 only 26% of preschool children were receiving vitamin A supplements (VAS) bi-annually. This presentation reviews the innovative strategy implemented by the Government...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21062
Objectives: Better methods are needed to assess vitamin A (VA) status and the efficiency of bioconversion of β-carotene (BC) to retinol (ROH). Methods: Data on plasma ROH kinetics from 2 h to 14 d after an oral tracer dose of [13C10]BC and [13C10]retinyl acetate (RAc) to 33 hea...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21277
Objectives: Wheat flour is a possible food vehicle for vitamin A fortification. Recently a new portable rapid test (iCheckTM FLUORO) has been available to measure vitamin A in various fortified food samples such as premix and flour. In this study the performance of the rapid test...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21137
Elise F. Talsma, Inge D. Brouwer, Hans Verhoef, Alice M. Mwangi, Erick Boy, Busie B. Maziya-Dixon, Michael B. Zimmermann & Alida Melse-Boonstra·European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety·2015
Objectives: To measure the effect of daily consumption of provitamin A-biofortified cassava on vitamin A status in children aged 5-13 years. Methods: Mild-to-moderate vitamin A deficient children (n=342) were randomly allocated to groups receiving: 1) 375 g of white cassava and p...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21116
Objectives: An increasing number of countries in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) are adopting or in the process to adopt mandatory food fortification to overcome vitamin and mineral deficiencies. The objective of this study was to review regulatory monitoring s...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21063
Objectives: There are no data which provide information on the current prevalence of VAD at the national and regional levels in Ethiopia. The 2014 Ethiopia National Micronutrient Survey (ENMS) will provide these estimates among children 6-59 months old and non-pregnant women 15-4...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21278
Objectives: Since 2007, distribution of vitamin A supplementation (VAS) and deworming has been integrated with polio vaccination through twice-yearly National Immunization Days (NIDs) in Guinea. Although reported administrative coverage for VAS and deworming are consistently ≥90%...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21138
Adama Diouf, Nafissatou Ba Lo, Nicole Idohou-Dossou, Mariame Sy, Ampa Dogui Diatta, Amadou Tidiane Guiro, Banda Ndiaye & Salimata Wade·European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety·2015
Objectives: Plasma zinc concentration (PZ) is influenced by many factors leading to over-estimate the real prevalence of zinc deficiency (ZD). This study aimed to assess changes in PZ in 12-59-months-old Senegalese boys and girls after adjusting for the overall known confounding...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21170
Objectives: This study aimed to understand the barriers to MNCHW attendance in order to develop recommendations for strengthening its social mobilization activities. Methods: In the states of Jigawa and Zamfara in northern Nigeria, 19 in-depth interviews were conducted with gover...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21064
Objectives: To evaluate the level of micronutrients, anti-nutritional factors and carotenoids of selected green leafy vegetables (GLVs) of wild and semi-wild origin, which are used by the Hamer and Konso communities (south Ethiopia). It is also aimed to study effect of processing...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21117