Background Vitamin A deficiency remains a significant public health concern worldwide,
especially in portions of Africa and Southeast Asia. Indeed,∼ 19 million pregnant women …

In all populations where vitamin A deficiency is an important public health problem,
prophylactic vitamin A supplements should be given to all infants and young children (0–59 …

ObjectiveTo assess oil consumption, vitamin A intake and retinol status before and a year
after the fortification of unbranded palm oil with retinyl palmitate. DesignPre–post evaluation …

Background: Conflicting results have been reported on the ability of dietary carotenoids to
improve vitamin A status in lactating women. Red palm oil is one of the richest dietary …

Background: Young infants are at risk of vitamin A deficiency. Supplementation of
breastfeeding mothers improves the vitamin A status of their infants, but there are no data …

Infants are born with negligible liver stores of vitamin A. to enable some storage of the
vitamin, the infant needs to be predominantly breastfed with milk containing at least 30 μg/dl …

BACKGROUND & AIMS: This study evaluated the relationship between vitamin A
concentration in maternal milk and the characteristics of the donors of a Brazilian human …

The contribution of nutritional interventions to the reduction in maternal morbidity rates in
developing countries is not well known. We assessed the impact of weekly vitamin A and β …

ObjectiveTo investigate the prevalence of vitamin A deficiency (VAD) among pregnant
women in rural Bangladesh, and examine the relationship between various factors and …

Background: The effect of vitamin A supplementation on the survival of infants aged< 6 mo is
unclear. Because most infant deaths occur in the first few month of life, maternal …