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Perspective: Putting the youngest among us into the nutrition 'call for action' for food fortification strategies
- Source :
- The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, The American journal of clinical nutrition, vol 114, iss 4
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- Oxford University Press, 2021.
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Abstract
- Adequate iron intake is essential for optimal child development, but iron deficiency and anemia among infants and young children are widespread in low- and middle-income countries. Large-scale food fortification strategies hold great promise for reducing micronutrient deficiencies; however, for children
- Subjects :
- Anemia
food fortification
Iron
Dietary
Medicine (miscellaneous)
Context (language use)
malnutrition
Global Health
infants and young children
Medical and Health Sciences
complementary feeding
LMICs
AcademicSubjects/MED00160
AcademicSubjects/MED00060
Engineering
iron
Environmental health
medicine
Humans
3.3 Nutrition and chemoprevention
Nutrition
micronutrient powders
Pediatric
Evidence-Based Medicine
Nutrition and Dietetics
Nutrition & Dietetics
business.industry
Prevention
Food fortification
Infant
COVID-19
Hematology
Iron deficiency
Fortified
Micronutrient
medicine.disease
Child development
anemia
Malnutrition
nutrition
Food
Perspective
Food systems
Infant Food
business
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 19383207 and 00029165
- Volume :
- 114
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....b67e431042465df2e82ec2db59f08fc1