The key role of government in addressing the pandemic of micronutrient deficiency conditions in Southeast Asia

Nutrients

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 2518-2523

  Tulchinsky, Theodore H ^a,b  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b ASHKELON ACADEMIC COLLEGE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Fortification of basic foods; Governmental public health policy; Micronutrient deficiency conditions; Millennium development goals; Nutritional security; Private sector food processing

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; TRACE ELEMENT; VITAMIN B COMPLEX; VITAMIN D; IODINE; IRON; RETINOL; ZINC;

CHILD HEALTH; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD PROCESSING; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; NOTE; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; PANDEMIC; POVERTY; PROTEIN CALORIE MALNUTRITION; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP; SOUTHEAST ASIA; BLOOD; DEFICIENCY; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; FORTIFIED FOOD; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITION POLICY; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN B 12 DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN B DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; FOOD, FORTIFIED; HUMANS; IODINE; IRON; MALNUTRITION; MICRONUTRIENTS; NUTRITION POLICY; PANDEMICS; PUBLIC HEALTH; VITAMIN A; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN B 12 DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN B DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; ZINC;

EID: 84927926107     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20726643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/nu7042518     Document Type: Note

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