Tag: deficiency
Food fortification crucial to make progress in fight against anaemia &...
Studies show that micronutrient deficiency is not just closely linked with poor immunity and congenital disorders such as neural tube defects (NTDs), but also cognitive development, school concentration capacities and work output...........................
India Iodine Survey 2018-19: 76.3% of Indian households consume adequately iodized...
Nutrition International and partners disseminate results of India Iodine Survey 2018-19 which convey need to sustain and step up efforts to achieve Universal Salt Iodisation (USI)...................
70-90% Indians Vitamin D deficient, at risk of having diabetes &...
A 2019 pan-India study shows the link between Vitamin D deficiency and hypertension & diabetes. The study found that 84.2% of Type 2 diabetes patients were Vitamin D deficient, as were 82.6% of hypertension patients.................
Simple measures could prevent Iron & zinc deficiencies among children: study
The research study revealed that the focus of nutritional programmes should be on the enhancement of bioavailability of Zinc and Iron within crops rather than just trying to improve the quality or yield..............
Study reveals Lucknow most protein deficient at 90%, Delhi at 60%
73% of Indian diets are protein deficient; Indian vegetarian diets worst affected with 84% being protein deficient; while 65% of Indian non-vegetarian diets too suffer from protein deficiency.........