ReviewFrontiers in public health2015
Food-Based Interventions to Modify Diet Quality and Diversity to Address Multiple Micronutrient Deficiency.
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- Effect of food variety on intake of a meal: a systematic review and meta-analysis.The American journal of clinical nutrition · 2021Pooled it
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- Effect of Nutrition Interventions on the Dietary Diversity Status Among Pregnant Women in Ethiopia: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Food science & nutrition · 2025Review
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- Investigating the correlations between nutrition literacy of mothers and offspring physical growth and development, dietary diversity and quality, and vitamin levels.Northern clinics of Istanbul · 2025Article
- Minimum dietary diversity and its determinants among lactating mothers in five Sub-Saharan African countries: A multilevel analysis.PloS one · 2025Article
- Review of Current Strategies to Address Micronutrient Deficiencies (MNDs) in Ghana: A Scoping Review.Journal of nutrition and metabolism · 2025Review
- Diet quality and environmental impact of university students' food choices at a South African university.Frontiers in nutrition · 2025Article
- Indian perspective on childhood malnutrition: Prevalence, pathophysiology, risk factors, and prevention.World journal of clinical pediatrics · 2024Article
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- Green strength: The role of micronutrients in plant-based diets for athletic performance enhancement.Heliyon · 2024Review
- Evaluation of the Consumption of Junk Food Products and Lifestyle among Teenagers and Young Population from Romania.Nutrients · 2024Article
- Dietary factors associated with anaemia among pregnant women attending antenatal care clinics in Sekota town, Northern Ethiopia: a facility-based cross-sectional study.BMJ public health · 2024Article
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Abstract
Global data indicate a high prevalence of hidden hunger among population. Deficiencies of certain micronutrients such as folic acid, iodine, iron, and vitamin A have long lasting effects on growth and development and therefore have been a National priority from many decades. The strategy implemented so far limits to the use of supplemental sources or fortified foods in alleviating the burden of deficiencies. These approaches however undermine the food-based strategies involving dietary diversification as the long-term sustainable strategy. There is lack of understanding on the level of evidence needed to implement such strategies and the level of monitoring required for impact evaluation. Dietary diversity concerns how to ensure access for each individual to a quality and safe diet with adequate macro- and micronutrients. The key to success in using dietary diversity as a strategy to tackle hidden hunger is in integrating it with the principles of bioavailability, translated to efficient food synergies with due emphasis on food accessibility, affordability, and outdoor physical activity/life style modifications. Promoting enabling environment and sustainable agriculture is crucial for practicing dietary diversification with behavior change communication as an integral segment. It can be concluded that food-based strategies require careful understanding of the factors associated with it and moderate it to form an effective strategy for controlling multiple micronutrient deficiencies.
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