ArticleFood and nutrition bulletin2016
Calcium Deficiency in Bangladesh: Burden and Proposed Solutions for the First 1000 Days.
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- Global dietary calcium intake among adults: a systematic review.Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA · 2017Pooled it
- Home Fortification of Rice With Lime: A Novel Potential Way to Reduce Calcium Deficiency in Bangladesh.Food and nutrition bulletin · 2019Trial
- Management of rickets: the new horizons for the pediatrician.Journal of health, population, and nutrition · 2025Review
- Qualitative assessment of programmatic constraints in delivery of effective interventions for improving maternal nutrition in Bangladesh.BMJ nutrition, prevention & health · 2023Article
- Nutrition and Food Security in Bangladesh: Achievements, Challenges, and Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic.The Journal of infectious diseases · 2021Review
- Calcium Biofortification of Crops-Challenges and Projected Benefits.Frontiers in plant science · 2021Review
- Minerals in Pregnancy and Their Impact on Child Growth and Development.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Review
- Influence of breakfast and meal frequency in calcium intake among pregnant adolescents.Maternal & child nutrition · 2020Article
- Associations of drinking rainwater with macro-mineral intake and cardiometabolic health: a pooled cohort analysis in Bangladesh, 2016-2019.NPJ clean water · 2020Article
- Modeling the Relationship of Groundwater Salinity to Neonatal and Infant Mortality From the Bangladesh Demographic Health Survey 2000 to 2014.GeoHealth · 2020Article
- Drinking Water Salinity, Urinary Macro-Mineral Excretions, and Blood Pressure in the Southwest Coastal Population of Bangladesh.Journal of the American Heart Association · 2019Article
- The association between daily 500 mg calcium supplementation and lower pregnancy-induced hypertension risk in Bangladesh.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2018Article
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Abstract
backgroundBangladesh incurs among the highest prevalence of stunting and micronutrient deficiencies in the world, despite efforts against diarrheal disease, respiratory infections, and protein-energy malnutrition which have led to substantial and continuous reductions in child mortality over the past 35 years. Although programs have generally paid more attention to other micronutrients, the local importance of calcium to health has been less recognized.
objectiveTo synthesize available information on calcium deficiency in Bangladesh in order to inform the design of an effective national calcium program.
methodsWe searched 3 online databases and a multitude of survey reports to conduct a narrative review of calcium epidemiology in Bangladesh, including population intake, determinants and consequences of deficiency, and tested interventions, with particular reference to young children and women of childbearing age. This was supplemented with secondary analysis of a national household survey in order to map the relative extent of calcium adequacy among different demographics.
resultsIntake of calcium is low in the general population of Bangladesh, with potentially serious and persistent effects on public health. These effects are especially pertinent to young children and reproductive-age women, by virtue of increased physiologic needs, disproportionately poor access to dietary calcium sources, and a confluence of other local determinants of calcium status in these groups.
conclusionA tablet supplementation program for pregnant women is an appealing approach for the reduction in preeclampsia and preterm birth. Further research is warranted to address the comparative benefit of different promising approaches in children for the prevention of rickets.
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