Abstract:
Vitamins and minerals are essential for growth and proper development. The WHO estimates that there are more than 2 billion people those have facing deficiency in key vitamins & minerals. Pregnant & lactating women & young children are most vulnerable to micronutrient deficiency. Micronutrient deficiency cause serious diseases such as protein energy malnutrition, scurvy, rickets, Beriberi, Hypocalcemia, pellagra and iron deficiency. This is need of this era to use such ways for prevention of vitamins & minerals deficiencies in safe & nutritive manner. Researchers and food technologists are trying to occupy these deficiencies by different strategies. Food fortification is one of them appropriate strategies that has been used safely & effectively to prevent basic micronutrient deficiencies. Food fortification interventions has positive impact on human health. Food fortification improved growth, development & overall health status of human beings. When food is fortified with Vitamin A, iron & multiple micronutrients improved hemoglobin concentrations in children. Fortified with calcium & Vitamin D have significant impacts in the post-menopausal age group in the women case. Women reproductive age improved with intake of iron fortified food. To minimize congenital abnormalities like neural tube defects folate fortification significantly reduce this. In Pakistan by efforts of public & private sector, food technologist & nutritionists, such foods are prepared fortified with essential nutrients e.g. fortified wheat flour with folic acid, fortified milk with vitamin D, fortified salt with iodine, Vitamin A,D,E in cooking oil &biscuit with iron. Further, for crops productivity micronutrient are used as fertilizer for nutrient dense crop yield.
Page(s):
52-52
DOI:
DOI not available
Published:
Journal: Abstract Book on International Conference on Life Sciences (ICLS-23) 11-12 May 22-23, Volume: 0, Issue: 0, Year: 2023
Keywords:
Child
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Food
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women
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fortification
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crop productivity
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micronutrient deficiency