A food-based approach introducing orange-fleshed sweet potatoes increased Vitamin A intake and serum retinol concentrations in young children in rural 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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2007
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| author | Low, Jan Wayland Arimond, Mary Osman, Nadia Cunguara, Benedito Zano, Filipe Tschirley, David |
| author_browse | Arimond, Mary Cunguara, Benedito Low, Jan Wayland Osman, Nadia Tschirley, David Zano, Filipe |
| author_facet | Low, Jan Wayland Arimond, Mary Osman, Nadia Cunguara, Benedito Zano, Filipe Tschirley, David |
| author_sort | Low, Jan Wayland |
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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 | CGSpace1719172025-02-19T14:07:16Z A food-based approach introducing orange-fleshed sweet potatoes increased Vitamin A intake and serum retinol concentrations in young children in rural Mozambique Low, Jan Wayland Arimond, Mary Osman, Nadia Cunguara, Benedito Zano, Filipe Tschirley, David vitamin a deficiency children rural areas sweet potatoes retinol nutrition plant breeding impact assessment 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. 2007-05 2025-01-29T12:58:59Z 2025-01-29T12:58:59Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/171917 en Limited Access Elsevier Low, Jan Wayland; Arimond, Mary; Osman, Nadia; Cunguara, Benedito; Zano, Filipe; Tschirley, David. 2007. A food-based approach introducing orange-fleshed sweet potatoes increased Vitamin A intake and serum retinol concentrations in young children in rural Mozambique. Journal of Nutrition 137(5): 1320-1327. https://doi.org/10.1093/jn/137.5.1320 |
| spellingShingle | vitamin a deficiency children rural areas sweet potatoes retinol nutrition plant breeding impact assessment Low, Jan Wayland 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 rural Mozambique |
| title | A food-based approach introducing orange-fleshed sweet potatoes increased Vitamin A intake and serum retinol concentrations in young children in rural Mozambique |
| title_full | A food-based approach introducing orange-fleshed sweet potatoes increased Vitamin A intake and serum retinol concentrations in young children in rural Mozambique |
| title_fullStr | A food-based approach introducing orange-fleshed sweet potatoes increased Vitamin A intake and serum retinol concentrations in young children in rural 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 rural Mozambique |
| title_short | A food-based approach introducing orange-fleshed sweet potatoes increased Vitamin A intake and serum retinol concentrations in young children in rural Mozambique |
| title_sort | food based approach introducing orange fleshed sweet potatoes increased vitamin a intake and serum retinol concentrations in young children in rural mozambique |
| topic | vitamin a deficiency children rural areas sweet potatoes retinol nutrition plant breeding impact assessment |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/171917 |
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