Micronutrient dietary supplements--a new fourth approach
Arch. latinoam. nutr
;
51(1,supl.1): 37-41, mar. 2001.
Article
in English
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| ID: lil-333615
ABSTRACT
Currently the three main widely used strategies to control micronutrient deficiencies are food diversification, fortification, and consumption of medicinal supplements. In Tanzania a fourth strategy has been evaluated in school children, and is to be studied in pregnant and lactating women. The dietary supplement comes in the form of a powder used to prepare a fruit flavored drink. Children consumed for six months 25 grams per school day attended, the powder being added to 200 ml of water. The dietary supplement provides between 40 and 100 percent of the RDA of 10 micronutrients, which includes iron, vitamin A and iodine. Unlike medicinal supplements it provides the multiple vitamins and minerals in physiologic, not megadoses. In a well conducted randomized double blind placebo controlled trial, a dietary supplement in the form of a fortified powder fruit drink produced statistically significant differences not only in vitamin A and iron status, but also in the growth of young school age children.
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Main subject:
Micronutrients
/
Dietary Supplements
Type of study:
Controlled clinical trial
Limits:
Child
/
Humans
Country/Region as subject:
Africa
Language:
English
Journal:
Arch. latinoam. nutr
Journal subject:
Bioqu¡mica
/
EducaÆo Alimentar e Nutricional
/
Fenmenos Fisiol¢gicos da NutriÆo
/
Microbiologia de Alimentos
/
NUTRICAO
Year:
2001
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
United States
Institution/Affiliation country:
Cornell University/US
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