Zinc nutrition and human health: overview and implications

VJ Sangeetha, S Dutta, JA Moses… - EFood, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Zinc deficiency, being the fifth leading risk factor for diseases is associated with several
disorders and infections, especially diarrhea. The common strategies for sustaining zinc's …

[HTML][HTML] Preventing and controlling zinc deficiency across the life course: A call to action

NM Lowe, AG Hall, MR Broadley, J Foley, E Boy… - Advances in …, 2024 - Elsevier
Through diverse roles, zinc determines a greater number of critical life functions than any
other single micronutrient. Beyond the well-recognized importance of zinc for child growth …

Modeled impacts of bouillon fortification with micronutrients on child mortality in Senegal, Burkina Faso, and Nigeria

L Thompson, E Becher, KP Adams… - Annals of the New …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Micronutrient interventions can reduce child mortality. By applying Micronutrient Intervention
Modeling methods in Senegal, Burkina Faso, and Nigeria, we estimated the impacts of …

Estimating the cost and cost‐effectiveness of adding zinc to, and improving the performance of, Burkina Faso's mandatory wheat flour fortification programme

KP Adams, M Jarvis, SA Vosti… - Maternal & child …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Zinc is an essential micronutrient that promotes normal growth, development and immune
function. In the context of persistent dietary zinc inadequacies, large‐scale food fortification …

Mandatory large-scale food fortification programmes can reduce the estimated prevalence of inadequate zinc intake by up to 50% globally

KR Wessells, MS Manger, BL Tsang, KH Brown… - Nature Food, 2024 - nature.com
Large-scale food fortification (LSFF) can increase dietary micronutrient intake and improve
micronutrient status. Here we used food balance sheet data from the Food and Agriculture …

[HTML][HTML] Effects of Zinc-Biofortified Wheat Intake on Plasma Markers of Fatty Acid Metabolism and Oxidative Stress Among Adolescents

B Shahzad, RR Holt, S Gupta, M Zaman, M Shahzad… - Nutrients, 2024 - mdpi.com
Background/Objective: Zinc deficiency is common worldwide and has been linked to
reduced growth and immune function, increased risk of and slower recovery from infections …

Nutritional Considerations of Plant‐Based Diets for People With Food Allergy

JLP Protudjer, F Roth‐Walter… - Clinical & Experimental …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Plant‐based diets (PBD) have been reported throughout history, but are increasingly
common in current times, likely in part due to considerable emphasis on climate change and …

Correlation between Zinc and Folic Acid Intake with Hemoglobin Levels in Pregnancy

EDP Siregar, A Amir, N Irawati - Science Midwifery, 2022 - midwifery.iocspublisher.org
The deficiency of micronutrients and anemia are nutritional problems in pregnancy. WHO in
2019 and Riskesdas in 2018 reported that anemic pregnant women in Indonesia were …