Micronutrient  dietary supplements  - a new fourth approach

Ndossi, Godwin D.

Micronutrient dietary supplements - a new fourth approach

dc.contributor.author	Ndossi, Godwin D.
dc.date.accessioned	2020-10-21T09:47:26Z
dc.date.available	2020-10-21T09:47:26Z
dc.date.issued	1998
dc.description.abstract	Currently the three main widely used strategies to control micronutrient deficiencies are food diversification, fortification, and consumption of medicinal supplements. In Tanzania a fourth strategy has been evaluated in school children. and is to be studied in pregnant and lactating women. The dietary supplement comes in the form of a powder used to prepare a fruit flavored drink. Children consumed for six months 25 grams per school day attended, the powder being added to 200 ml of water. The dietary supplement provides between 40 and 100 percent of the RDA of 10 micronutrients, which includes iron, vitamin A and iodine. Unlike medicinal supplements it provides the multiple vitamins and minerals in physiologic, not megadoses. In a well conducted randornized double blind placebo controlled trial, a dietary supplement in the form of a fortified powder fruit drink produced statistically significant differences not only in vitamin A and iron status, but also in the growth of young school age children.	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Ash, D, Tatala, SR, Frongillo, Jr., EA, Ndossi, GD, and Latham, MC. Random-ized trial of a micronutrient dietary supplement in primary school children in Tanzania. Lancet (submitted). 1998	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://ve.scielo.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-06222001000500008
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/676
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.publisher	Lancet	en_US
dc.subject	Multiple supplementation	en_US
dc.subject	Ferrochel	en_US
dc.subject	Micronutrient deficiencies	en_US
dc.title	Micronutrient dietary supplements - a new fourth approach	en_US
dc.type	Article	en_US