...Melissa F. Young; Usha Ramakrishnan Maternal undernutrition remains a critical public health problem. There are large regional and within-country disparities in the burden of underweight, anemia, and micronutrient deficiencies across the globe. Driving these disparities are complex...

.../developmental programming). We aimed to review the current knowledge on the role of micronutrients in early nutrition programming and its implications for healthcare. Summary of Findings: Globally and even in high-income countries where a balanced diet is generally accessible, an inadequate maternal...

... childhood Obesity Child health Recommendations Micronutrients Metabolic programming Developmental programming Nutrition and lifestyle before and during pregnancy, lactation, infancy and early childhood have been shown to induce long-term effects on later health of the child, including the risk...

..., iron, calcium, and -others – increase in adolescence to support adequate growth and development. In settings where dietary intakes are suboptimal, anemia and micronutrient deficiencies are high. Endocrine factors are essential for promoting normal adolescent growth and are sensitive to undernutrition...

... impairment. Nutrient deficiencies may occur due to strict diet. This study is aimed at evaluating the dietary intake and blood concentrations of micronutrients and essential fatty acids (FA), bone mineral density (BMD) and fracture history in patients on long-term dietary treatment. Methods: Sixty early...

... Micronutrients Protein Stunting National Institutes of Health (NIH) 10.13039/100000002 The dominant idea in child malnutrition, originating from the 1950s, was that children in developing countries were not receiving enough quality protein. The programmatic activities of the United Nations...

...Francesca Parisi; Arianna Laoreti; Irene Cetin Background: As nutritional deficiencies are known to lead to adverse pregnancy outcomes, a woman's nutritional status should be assessed preconceptionally with the goal of optimizing maternal, fetal and infant health. Worldwide micronutrient intakes do...

...Sharon Evans; Anne Daly; John MacDonald; Mary Anne Preece; Saikat Santra; Suresh Vijay; Anupam Chakrapani; Anita MacDonald Background: In phenylketonuria (PKU), phenylalanine-free L -amino acid supplements are the major source of dietary micronutrients. Methods: Four hundred fifty-two retrospective...

...Boitumelo S. Motswagole; Tiyapo C. Mongwaketse; Motlalepula Mokotedi; Rosemary I. Kobue-Lekalake; Bernard T. Bulawayo; Tinku S. Thomas; Anura V. Kurpad; Lemogang D. Kwape Background: Micronutrient deficiencies are common and compound the effects of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection...

... micronutrient needs. By adding more fruits, vegetables, and animal source foods the diet can be improved. Intervention studies show that increasing animal source food intake improves growth, muscle mass, and cognitive function of school children. Milk and dairy product intakes are correlated with greater child...

...Pieter van’t Veer; Helmut Heseker; Evangelia Grammatikaki; Vassiliki Benetou; Matej Gregorič; Irene Margaritis; Monique M. Raats; Trudy Wijnhoven This paper describes the outcome of the workshop ‘Deriving Micronutrient Recommendations: Updating Best Practices’ which took place in Brussels in April...

... association of maternal plasma homocysteine with birth weight was seen in the idiopathic preterm group. Conclusions: Altered maternal micronutrients and resultant increased homocysteine concentrations exist in women delivering preterm. These alterations may also be partly associated with other factors...

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... indicate poor-quality diets of pregnant women attending the antenatal clinic, low in multiple micronutrients. Nutrient education for dietary diversification and nutrient supplementation should be explored as interventions for improving nutrient intake among pregnant women. Diet quality Pregnant women...

... and with a lesser proportion of folate and vitamin A deficiencies. Vitamin A deficiency might be overestimated since iron deficiency may lower serum retinol concentrations. Interventions aimed to reduce anemia in this population must consider interactions between those micronutrients in designing strategies...

...M.C. Rousseau; C. Molines; J. Moreau; J. Delmont Objectives: To assess micronutrient variations in HIV/AIDS patients before and after HAART (highly active antiretroviral therapy). Methods: We evaluated the nutritional status and micronutrients in 44 patients over 3 years. The first nutritional...