Objectives: Mineral deficiencies due to inadequate dietary supply are likely to be widespread in Malawi. However, there is insufficient reliable data on mineral supplies and deficiency risks at scales useful for policy-makers. This study provides mineral supply estimates at the l...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21007
Objectives: Maximum fortification levels for voluntarily fortified foods are meant to guard against excessive micronutrient intake. Existing methods of estimating safe maximum levels take a conservative approach by considering a single point in the intake distribution of the micr...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21008
Objectives: To assess the effect of three zinc supplementation strategies, provided with diarrhea and malaria treatment, on zinc, iron and vitamin A status. Methods: During a community-based, cluster-randomized, zinc supplementation trial, we collected venous blood at baseline an...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21009
Objectives: Monitoring iodine content in iodized salt is necessary for program effectiveness. Iodometric titration is the most precise method but requires skills, facilities, and reagents. The WYD Iodine Checker® and Bioanalyt iCheck® are quantitative, but are expensive, require...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21010
Becky Tsang, Amy Cordero, Claire Marchetta, Joseph Mulinare, Patricia Mersereau, Jing Guo, Yan Ping Qi, R. J. Berry, Jorge Rosenthal & Krista Crider·European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety·2015
Objectives: The methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) 677C->T polymorphism is a risk factor for neural tube birth defects (NTDs). The T allele produces an enzyme with reduced folate processing capacity, which has been shown to produce lower blood folate concentrations in...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21011
Objectives: Micronutrient deficiency can have serious health and economic implications. Food fortification with micronutrients is a main strategy countries can use to address population-wide deficiency. The objective was to compare different risk-benefit models that can be used t...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21012
Vandana Joshi, Anirudha Kulkarni, Neelam Bhatnagar, Sandip Ghosh, Pushpendra Kumar Dixit, Ved Prakash Gautam, Tulika Goswami Mahanta, Vani Sethi, Jeroo Master & Victor M. Aguayo·European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety·2015
Objectives: To generate evidence on engaging girls' collectives to address anemia and social norms in self-contained, privately-managed tea plantations in India. Methods: In 2006, UNICEF India partnered with a federation of tea companies in Assam's Dibrugarh district, and Twinnin...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21013
Objectives: WHO recommends using information on dietary intakes to design food fortification programs, but nationally-representative, individual dietary data are rarely available in low-income countries. Prior to initiating a fortification program in Cameroon, we assessed intakes...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21014
Introduction: Home-based fortification of complementary food with micronutrient powders (MNPs) has been proven to reduce anemia. In resource constrained contexts - like Madagascar - where child diet is of poor quality and anemia levels high, the challenge lies in finding viable a...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21015
Objectives: Hypertension is public health problem worldwide and the trends of prevalence have increased in economically developing countries. Reducing dietary sodium is one of the main recommendations to treatment hypertension. Restriction of salt consumption could cause a reduct...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21016