Food fortification for addressing iron deficiency in filipino children: Benefits and cost-effectiveness

Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism

Volumn 66, Issue , 2015, Pages 35-42

  Detzel, Patrick ^a   Wieser, Simon ^b  

^a NESTLÉ RESEARCH CENTER   (Switzerland)

^b ZURICH UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Burden of disease; Cost of illness; Cost effectiveness analysis; First 1000 days; Food fortification; Micronutrient deficiencies; Philippines

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; IRON INTAKE;

ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; BLUE COLLAR WORKER; CHILD; COGNITION; COST CONTROL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CULTURAL BIAS; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; FOOD PROCESSING; GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; IRON ABSORPTION; IRON BALANCE; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; IRON INTAKE; IRON STORAGE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); NEWBORN PERIOD; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SAFETY; PHILIPPINES; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); ADMINISTRATION AND DOSAGE; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; ANIMAL; COST; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST OF ILLNESS; DEFICIENCY; ECONOMICS; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FOOD PRESERVATION; HEALTH STATUS; INFANT; MALE; MILK; NEWBORN; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; ANIMALS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; COST OF ILLNESS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FOOD, FORTIFIED; FOOD, PRESERVED; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; IRON; IRON, DIETARY; MALE; MILK; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PHILIPPINES; POVERTY; PREGNANCY;

EID: 84930607076     PISSN: 02506807     EISSN: 14219697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000375144     Document Type: Article

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