Food fortification is an important nutrition intervention to fight micronutrient deficiencies and
to reduce their incidence in many low‐and middle‐income countries. Food fortification …

Micronutrient malnutrition, such as iron, zinc and vitamin A deficiencies, is a global health
risk. Although distributed globally, over 98% of malnourished persons reside in developing …

Background Among the targets of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), target 2.2
focuses on ending malnutrition, including stunting, and wasting and overweight among …

Deficiencies of micronutrients, essentially vitamins and minerals, have mainly cause several
illnesses, especially in children and women worldwide. Governments and world …

Calcium and vitamin D are inseparable nutrients required for bone health. In the past half a
century, the dietary calcium intake of rural, tribal, and urban India has declined. Though …

The cause of nutritional deficiencies, apart from an insufficient quantitative and qualitative
supply of food, may also include food allergies and intolerances. Considering the global …

Food fortification with micronutrients was initially justified in developed countries by a lack of
availability of micronutrients in staple crops, mainly due to soil exhaustion. However, in Sub …

Traditional food plants (TFPs) are highly nutritious and contain health beneficial metabolites,
vitamins, minerals, and other nutrients. Various communities across the globe, especially in …

Dietary deficiencies have become significant in public health challenge globally. This is
attributed in part to the pitiable quality of customary diets and the absence of variety in …

Due to the low dietary value of crops, Zn-deficient soils and insufficient intake of other
minerals, soil fortification is often necessary. Fortification is defined as the addition of one or …