Improving Micronutrient Status of Children and Women in Rural Communities in India Using Crystal Salt Enriched with Multiple Micronutrients
| العنوان: | Improving Micronutrient Status of Children and Women in Rural Communities in India Using Crystal Salt Enriched with Multiple Micronutrients |
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| المؤلفون: | Juergen G. Erhardt, Malavika Vinod Kumar |
| المصدر: | Journal of Nutritional Science and Vitaminology. 67:111-117 |
| بيانات النشر: | Center for Academic Publications Japan, 2021. |
| سنة النشر: | 2021 |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Rural Population, 0301 basic medicine, Medicine (miscellaneous), chemistry.chemical_element, 030209 endocrinology & metabolism, Urine, Zinc, Iodine, Hemoglobins, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Animal science, Humans, Medicine, Micronutrients, Vitamin B12, Sodium Chloride, Dietary, Child, 030109 nutrition & dietetics, Nutrition and Dietetics, Anemia, Iron-Deficiency, biology, business.industry, medicine.disease, Micronutrient, Trace Elements, Ferritin, chemistry, Food, Fortified, Zinc deficiency, biology.protein, Female, Hemoglobin, business |
| الوصف: | To demonstrate that fortified crystal salt enriched with iron, iodine, vitamin B12, folic acid and zinc can combat multi-micronutrient deficiencies. A randomized controlled study was conducted in 6 villages in Tiruvallur district, in Tamilnadu, South India. All the women and children aged 5-17 y in households in the experimental villages (n=117) were provided the fortified salt for 8 mo. Similar demographic group in the control villages (n=95) used regular non-fortified salts for the same time period. Blood from study subjects were analysed for hemoglobin, serum ferritin, serum transferrin receptor, AGP, CRP, and serum zinc, at the beginning and end of the study. Urine was analyzed for iodine at the same times. The experimental group showed a statistically significant increase in hemoglobin (>1.05 g/dL), serum zinc (>12.23 μg/dL), ferritin (>6.97 μg/L) and body iron stores (>0.73 mg/kg body weight), compared to the control group. A significant decrease in the prevalence of anaemia from 67.5% to 29.1% and zinc deficiency from 32.7% to 12.4% was observed in the experimental group relative to control group, using Binary logistic regression. There was no change in urinary iodine in the experimental group while it decreased significantly in the control. The fortified crystal salt was effective in decreasing multi-micronutrient deficiencies. |
| تدمد: | 1881-7742 0301-4800 |
| الوصول الحر: | https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::efb53e15ce27b143f951ff1ff9bc09ecTest https://doi.org/10.3177/jnsv.67.111Test |
| حقوق: | OPEN |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsair.doi.dedup.....efb53e15ce27b143f951ff1ff9bc09ec |
| قاعدة البيانات: | OpenAIRE |
| تدمد: | 18817742 03014800 |
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