Biofortified [Beta]-carotene rice improves vitamin A intake and reduces the prevalence of inadequacy among women and young children in a simulated analysis in Bangladesh, Indonesia, and the Philippines
Vitamin A deficiency continues to be a major public health problem affecting developing countries where people eat mostly rice as a staple food. In Asia, rice provides up to 80% of the total daily energy intake. We used existing data sets from Bangladesh, Indonesia, and the Philippines, where dietar...
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Published in | The American journal of clinical nutrition Vol. 104; no. 3; p. 769 |
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Main Authors | , , , , , , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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Bethesda
American Society for Clinical Nutrition, Inc
01.09.2016
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