Micronutrients - World Health Organization (WHO)
2022年7月5日 · Micronutrients are vitamins and minerals needed by the body in very small amounts. However, their impact on a body’s health are critical, and deficiency in any of them can cause severe and even life-threatening conditions.
Nutrition and Food Safety - World Health Organization (WHO)
The Micronutrients Database is an interactive platform for summarizing data published in reports and manuscripts on the micronutrient status of populations representative at the national, regional (within-country) and first administrative level (e.g. canton, state, province).
Micronutrients - World Health Organization (WHO)
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Vitamin and mineral requirements in human nutrition, 2nd edition
2004年12月4日 · In the past 20 years, micronutrients have assumed great public health importance. As a consequence, considerable research has been carried out to better understand their physiological role and the health consequences of micronutrient-deficient diets, to establish criteria for defining the degree of public health severity of micronutrient malnutrition, and to …
New electronic survey manual supports countries to combat …
2020年10月15日 · A new Micronutrient survey manual (2020) and toolkit, developed in collaboration by WHO, CDC, UNICEF and Nutrition International were published today to meet the demand of countries interested in assessing the micronutrient status of their populations. Addressing micronutrient malnutrition is one of the greatest global health challenges. Surveys …
Multiple micronutrient supplementation during pregnancy
2023年8月9日 · Micronutrients are only needed in very small quantities but are essential for normal physiological function, growth and development. Deficiencies of micronutrients such as vitamin A, iron, iodine and folate are particularly common among during pregnancy, due to increased nutrient requirements of the mother and developing fetus. These deficiencies can …
Multiple-micronutrient supplementation for women during …
Multiple-micronutrient supplements versus placebo, no supplements, or supplements containing one or two micronutrients In one trial of multiple-micronutrient supplements versus placebo, no statistically significant difference in the risk of pre-eclampsia was observed between treatment and control groups (RR 0.67, 95% CI [0.12 to 3.74], p=0.65).
Guidelines on food fortification with micronutrients
2006年11月25日 · The guidelines are written from nutrition and public health perspective, to provide practical guidance on how food fortification should be implemented, monitored and evaluated. They are primarily intended for nutrition-related public health programme managers, but should also be useful to all those working to control micronutrient malnutrition, including …
Deficiencies of micronutrients are a major global health problem. More than 2 billion people in the world today are estimated to be deficient in key vitamins and miner-als, particularly vitamin A, iodine, iron and zinc. Most of these people live in low income countries and are typically deficient in more than one micronutrient. Deficiencies oc-
Micronutrient supplementation in adults with HIV infection
Overall, multiple micronutrients had no statistically significant effect on the risk of mortality among people with HIV (RR 0.91, 95% CI [0.72 to 1.15], p=0.42, 7 trials/2897 individuals). No important differences in results were found when analyses were subgrouped by receipt of ART or treatment for active tuberculosis.