Recent Trends in Malnutrition in Developing Regions: Vitamin A Deficiency, Anemia, Iodine Deficiency, and Child Underweight

Trends and mortality effects of vitamin A deficiency in children in 138 low-income and middle-income countries between 1991 and 2013: a pooled analysis of population-based surveys

“…7,8 Other researchers have also reported change across repeated surveys. [9][10][11] Researchers, together with the UN Standing Committee on Nutrition, used a regression with time-varying covariates to analyse how vitamin A defi ciency has changed in world regions. 9,11 Some studies have also estimated deaths attributable to vitamin A defi ciency at one or two timepoints using data for prevalence and relative risks (RRs) for the eff ects of vitamin A defi ciency on cause-specifi c mortality.…”

“…[9][10][11] Researchers, together with the UN Standing Committee on Nutrition, used a regression with time-varying covariates to analyse how vitamin A defi ciency has changed in world regions. 9,11 Some studies have also estimated deaths attributable to vitamin A defi ciency at one or two timepoints using data for prevalence and relative risks (RRs) for the eff ects of vitamin A defi ciency on cause-specifi c mortality. [12][13][14][15][16] In the past few decades, child mortality has decreased substantially in most countries, 17 with lower mortality from diarrhoea, an important contributor to this decline.…”

National incidence, prevalence and disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) of common micronutrient deficiencies in Ethiopia from 1990 to 2017: estimates from the global burden of diseases study

“…Vitamin and mineral deficiencies affect more than one-third of SSA’s population, overwhelming both national healthcare and economic systems [ 17 ]. More than 20% of children under the age of five suffer from VAD in 37 countries of the African region including Ethiopia [ 18 ]. Similarly, the prevalence of anemia is more than 40% in the majority of African countries, and 13 countries currently have an iodine deficiency rate of over 50% among school-aged children [ 19 ].…”

Active compounds: A new direction for rice value addition

“…β-carotene is a precursor compound for the synthesis of V A and can be efficiently converted to retinol in the human body ( Tang et al, 2009 ). V A plays an important role in light transmission, and V A deficiency can cause Xerophthalmia that can lead to complete blindness ( Mason et al, 2005 ). V A deficiency can also damage the immune system of pregnant women and children and even lead to death ( Tang et al, 2009 ).…”