Can food-based strategies help reduce vitamin A and iron deficiencies? a review of recent evidence
Micronutrient malnutrition is still a problem of unacceptable proportions in developing countries. Iron and vitamin A deficiencies are the most widespread nutrition deficiencies in the world today, affecting perhaps as many as 3.5 billion people..... Food-based approaches are essential to the fight...
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International Food Policy Research Institute
2001
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| author | Ruel, Marie T. |
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| description | Micronutrient malnutrition is still a problem of unacceptable proportions in developing countries. Iron and vitamin A deficiencies are the most widespread nutrition deficiencies in the world today, affecting perhaps as many as 3.5 billion people..... Food-based approaches are essential to the fight against micronutrient deficiencies. Of all the strategies, they probably require the highest level of initial investment, but they are also the only ones that hold a promise of sustainability. The evidence presented in this Food Policy Review highlights the key role of education in ensuring the success of food-based approaches. Changing people’s behavior in terms of the foods they grow and eat and how they prepare and process them requires a significant amount of effort. It is, however, the only way to enable people to take ultimate responsibility for the quality of their diet. (from Foreword by Per Pinstrup-Andersen |
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| spelling | CGSpace1556172025-04-08T18:33:00Z Can food-based strategies help reduce vitamin A and iron deficiencies? a review of recent evidence Ruel, Marie T. trace elements malnutrition developing countries vitamin deficiencies iron deficiency chlorosis Micronutrient malnutrition is still a problem of unacceptable proportions in developing countries. Iron and vitamin A deficiencies are the most widespread nutrition deficiencies in the world today, affecting perhaps as many as 3.5 billion people..... Food-based approaches are essential to the fight against micronutrient deficiencies. Of all the strategies, they probably require the highest level of initial investment, but they are also the only ones that hold a promise of sustainability. The evidence presented in this Food Policy Review highlights the key role of education in ensuring the success of food-based approaches. Changing people’s behavior in terms of the foods they grow and eat and how they prepare and process them requires a significant amount of effort. It is, however, the only way to enable people to take ultimate responsibility for the quality of their diet. (from Foreword by Per Pinstrup-Andersen 2001 2024-10-24T12:42:21Z 2024-10-24T12:42:21Z Report https://hdl.handle.net/10568/155617 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Ruel, Marie T. 2001. Can food-based strategies help reduce vitamin A and iron deficiencies? a review of recent evidence. Food Policy Review 5. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/155617 |
| spellingShingle | trace elements malnutrition developing countries vitamin deficiencies iron deficiency chlorosis Ruel, Marie T. Can food-based strategies help reduce vitamin A and iron deficiencies? a review of recent evidence |
| title | Can food-based strategies help reduce vitamin A and iron deficiencies? a review of recent evidence |
| title_full | Can food-based strategies help reduce vitamin A and iron deficiencies? a review of recent evidence |
| title_fullStr | Can food-based strategies help reduce vitamin A and iron deficiencies? a review of recent evidence |
| title_full_unstemmed | Can food-based strategies help reduce vitamin A and iron deficiencies? a review of recent evidence |
| title_short | Can food-based strategies help reduce vitamin A and iron deficiencies? a review of recent evidence |
| title_sort | can food based strategies help reduce vitamin a and iron deficiencies a review of recent evidence |
| topic | trace elements malnutrition developing countries vitamin deficiencies iron deficiency chlorosis |
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