A food-based approach introducing orange-fleshed sweet potatoes increased vitamin A intake and serum retinol concentrations in young children in Mozambique
Vitamin A deficiency is widespread and has severe consequences for young children in the developing world. Food-based approaches may be an appropriate and sustainable complement to supplementation programs. Orange-fleshed sweet potato (OFSP) is rich in ß-carotene and is well accepted by young childr...
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International Food Policy Research Institute
2007
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| author | Low, Jan W. Arimond, Mary Osman, Nadia Cunguara, Benedito Zano, Filipe Tschirley, David |
| author_browse | Arimond, Mary Cunguara, Benedito Low, Jan W. Osman, Nadia Tschirley, David Zano, Filipe |
| author_facet | Low, Jan W. Arimond, Mary Osman, Nadia Cunguara, Benedito Zano, Filipe Tschirley, David |
| author_sort | Low, Jan W. |
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| description | Vitamin A deficiency is widespread and has severe consequences for young children in the developing world. Food-based approaches may be an appropriate and sustainable complement to supplementation programs. Orange-fleshed sweet potato (OFSP) is rich in ß-carotene and is well accepted by young children. In an extremely resource poor area in Mozambique, the effectiveness of introduction of OFSP was assessed in an integrated agriculture and nutrition intervention, which aimed to increase vitamin A intake and serum retinol concentrations in young children... The study showed that integrated promotion of OFSP can complement other approaches and contribute to increases in vitamin A intake and serum retinol concentrations in young children in rural Mozambique and similar areas in Sub-Saharan Africa. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1603072025-11-06T03:47:22Z A food-based approach introducing orange-fleshed sweet potatoes increased vitamin A intake and serum retinol concentrations in young children in Mozambique Low, Jan W. Arimond, Mary Osman, Nadia Cunguara, Benedito Zano, Filipe Tschirley, David nutrition children retinol carotenoids vitamin a sweet potatoes plant breeding biofortification Vitamin A deficiency is widespread and has severe consequences for young children in the developing world. Food-based approaches may be an appropriate and sustainable complement to supplementation programs. Orange-fleshed sweet potato (OFSP) is rich in ß-carotene and is well accepted by young children. In an extremely resource poor area in Mozambique, the effectiveness of introduction of OFSP was assessed in an integrated agriculture and nutrition intervention, which aimed to increase vitamin A intake and serum retinol concentrations in young children... The study showed that integrated promotion of OFSP can complement other approaches and contribute to increases in vitamin A intake and serum retinol concentrations in young children in rural Mozambique and similar areas in Sub-Saharan Africa. 2007 2024-11-21T09:50:27Z 2024-11-21T09:50:27Z Abstract https://hdl.handle.net/10568/160307 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Low, Jan Wayland; Arimond, Mary; Osman, Nadia; Cunguara, Benedito; Zano, Filipe and Tschirley, David. 2007. A food-based approach introducing orange-fleshed sweet potatoes increased vitamin A intake and serum retinol concentrations in young children in Mozambique. HarvestPlus Abstract 3. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/160307 |
| spellingShingle | nutrition children retinol carotenoids vitamin a sweet potatoes plant breeding biofortification Low, Jan W. Arimond, Mary Osman, Nadia Cunguara, Benedito Zano, Filipe Tschirley, David A food-based approach introducing orange-fleshed sweet potatoes increased vitamin A intake and serum retinol concentrations in young children in Mozambique |
| title | A food-based approach introducing orange-fleshed sweet potatoes increased vitamin A intake and serum retinol concentrations in young children in Mozambique |
| title_full | A food-based approach introducing orange-fleshed sweet potatoes increased vitamin A intake and serum retinol concentrations in young children in Mozambique |
| title_fullStr | A food-based approach introducing orange-fleshed sweet potatoes increased vitamin A intake and serum retinol concentrations in young children in Mozambique |
| title_full_unstemmed | A food-based approach introducing orange-fleshed sweet potatoes increased vitamin A intake and serum retinol concentrations in young children in Mozambique |
| title_short | A food-based approach introducing orange-fleshed sweet potatoes increased vitamin A intake and serum retinol concentrations in young children in Mozambique |
| title_sort | food based approach introducing orange fleshed sweet potatoes increased vitamin a intake and serum retinol concentrations in young children in mozambique |
| topic | nutrition children retinol carotenoids vitamin a sweet potatoes plant breeding biofortification |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/160307 |
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