vitamin d deficiency is one of the common nutritional deficiency and it exists in both childhood and adult life. the prevalence of vitamin d deficiency is 50-90 % in the indian subcontinent. this was a cross sectional study which includes 96 apparently healthy school going children (50 male & 46 female) of age 5 to 10 years. we found that 33.33% (15 male &17 female) had vitamin d levels {25(oh)...

Eight ground beef patty formulations, based on replacing meat with a natural source rich in provitamin A (i.e.carrot and sweet potato) were prepared. All treatments displayed better moisture retention than the controls and hence yield was improved. L, a, and b Hunter values increased and Instron texture profile analysis indicated lower peak forces, increased springiness, and, in some cases cohe...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a widespread vitamin A supplementation programme and to describe indicators of compliance with the programme in Indonesia. DESIGN Prospective cohort study. Children's anthropometric data were gathered at baseline (June 2000) and 4 months later (2 months after supplementation in August 2000). Serum retinol, haemoglobin, ferri...

OBJECTIVE To determine the prevalence of vitamin A deficiency in children aged 6-9 years in northern Ethiopia. METHODS A cross-sectional study was carried out and the data were analysed for 824 (61.5%) of 1339 eligible children for whom there was complete information on biochemical vitamin A status, dietary vitamin A intake, ocular examination for xerophthalmia, and anthropometry. FINDINGS ...

Nadeem ur Rehman MBBS Faran Emmanuel MBBSMSc Saeed Akhtar PhD Country Office for Pakistan, UNODC; Department of Community Health Sciences, Aga Khan University, Stadium Road, Karachi, Pakistan; Epidemiology, Department of Community Medicine and Behavioural Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait University, PO Box 24923, Safat 13110, Kuwait Correspondence to: Saeed Akhtar Email: [email protected]...

Vitamin A deficiencies in pregnancy may impair the health of the mother and the growth, development, and later health of her offspring. However, the understanding of the variability of micronutrient status markers during pregnancy is limited. We measured serum retinol and β-carotene and the acute phase proteins C-reactive protein (CRP) and α(1)-antichymotrypsin (ACT) in 738 pregnant women in a ...

conclusions demyelinating disease, anterior ischemic optic neuropathy, non-arteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy, autoimmune disease, and hereditary optic neuropathy could cause optic neuropathy. normal cbc parameters and the absence of clinical manifestations of vitamin b12 deficiency could not rule out its diagnosis. careful physical examinations and history-taking with a classical app...

Marginally vitamin A-deficient 1-d-old chickens capable of remaining healthy for at least 6 weeks were produced using a two-generation model. In this model, hens fed on diets with a limited vitamin A content were used to obtain 1-d-old chickens which were marginally deficient in vitamin A. Only hens with a narrow range of plasma retinol values (0.60-0.85 mumol/l) were satisfactory for this purp...

Commonly recommended plant sources of provitamin A, such as dark green leafy vegetables, are not acceptable in many population groups. The objective of this study was to identify other indigenous foods that may be effectively promoted to alleviate vitamin A deficiency (VAD) and to gather information relevant to identification, production, acquisition, and consumption of foods relevant to a food...