ReviewCurrent developments in nutrition2019
Public Health Aspects in the Prevention and Control of Vitamin Deficiencies.
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- Deficiency of B vitamins in women of childbearing age, pregnant, and lactating women in Brazil: a systematic review.Systematic reviews · 2025Pooled it
- Nutritional status and dietary intake among Nigerian adolescent: a systematic review.BMC public health · 2024Pooled it
- Micronutrient supplementation of lactating Guatemalan women acutely increases infants' intake of riboflavin, thiamin, pyridoxal, and cobalamin, but not niacin, in a randomized crossover trial.The American journal of clinical nutrition · 2020Trial
- The Effect of a Multivitamin and Mineral Supplement on Immune Function in Healthy Older Adults: A Double-Blind, Randomized, Controlled Trial.Nutrients · 2020Trial
- Consumption of vitamin A-rich foods among 6-23-month-old children in Jigjiga town: a community-based cross-sectional study.International health · 2026Article
- Folate-Containing Fermented Foods of Plant and Animal Origin: The Value of Traditional Foods to Tackle Folate Deficiency.Food science & nutrition · 2026Review
- Prescribing practices of healthcare professionals regarding multivitamins and mineral supplements in Pakistan: a cross-sectional study.BMJ open · 2026Article
- A to Z of Health: An Evidence-Based Narrative Review of Multivitamin-Multimineral and Nutraceutical Supplementation.Cureus · 2026Review
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- The Nutritarian Women's Health Study (NWHS): Cohort 1.American journal of lifestyle medicine · 2025Article
- Consumption of Vitamin A Rich Foods and Their Primary Dietary Sources among Rural Preschoolers in the Gambella Region, Southwest Ethiopia.Ethiopian journal of health sciences · 2025Article
- Assessment of Patient Knowledge and Potential Screening Gaps in Vitamin B12 Deficiency.Cureus · 2025Article
- Efficacy of Educational Intervention on Parental Expertise Regarding Prevention of Hypovitaminosis of Retinol (Vitamin A) and Vision Impairment Among Mothers of Preschool Children.Journal of pharmacy & bioallied sciences · 2025Article
- Correlations between family characteristics and childcare in optimizing the growth of children under six years.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Trend and Burden of Vitamin A Deficiency in 1990-2021 and Projection to 2050: A Systematic Analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021.Nutrients · 2025Article
- Exploring the association of vitamin B12 deficiency and dental health in older adults.Frontiers in nutrition · 2025Article
- Approaches to dissect the vitamin biosynthetic network of the gut microbiota.Microbiome research reports · 2025Review
- What do we know about micronutrients in critically ill patients? A narrative review.JPEN. Journal of parenteral and enteral nutrition · 2025Review
- Vitamin A deficiency triggers colonic methylation potentially impairing colonic neuron via downregulation SGK1/FOXO pathway.Pediatric discovery · 2024Article
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Abstract
Vitamin deficiencies remain major etiological factors in the global burden of disease, especially in low- and middle-income countries. The purpose of this state-of-the-art review was to update current information on deficiencies of vitamins and public health approaches to addressing them. Some stages of life present a higher risk of deficiency than others: risks are higher in pregnant women, children (from conception to young childhood), adolescents, the elderly, and all of the over 800 million people globally who are undernourished. At risk are approximately 125 million preschool children with vitamin A deficiency, as well as sub-populations at risk of deficiencies of folate, thiamin, vitamin B12, niacin, riboflavin, other B vitamins. and vitamin D. Addressing micronutrient deficiencies requires identifying those at risk and then working to prevent and manage that risk. Public health approaches include improved, diversified diets; supplementation; fortification and biofortification; and other supportive public health measures. Historically, as with pellagra and beriberi and, in the last 3 decades, with vitamin A and folic acid, there has been encouraging progress, but much remains to be done.
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