Background Vitamin A deficiency is a significant public health problem in low‐and middle‐
income countries. Vitamin A supplementation provided to infants less than six months of age …

Background In areas where vitamin A deficiency (VAD) is a public health concern, the
maternal dietary intake of vitamin A may be not sufficient to meet either the maternal …

Background Exclusive breastfeeding for 6 months is assumed to ensure adequate
micronutrients for term infants. Our objective was to investigate the effects of prolonged …

Nephron endowment ranges widely in normal human populations. Recent autopsy studies
have drawn attention to the possibility that subtle congenital nephron deficits may be …

" The prevalence of child undernutrition in India is among the highest in the world, nearly
double that of Sub-Saharan Africa, with dire consequences for morbidity, mortality …

Background and objective In developing countries low maternal vitamin A stores combined
with increased demands of pregnancy and lactation may lead to its deficiency in breastfed …

Background Replacement of conventional staples with biofortified or industrially fortified
staples in household diets may increase maternal breast milk retinol content and vitamin A …

Background: Provitamin A carotenoid–biofortified maize is a conventionally bred staple crop
designed to help prevent vitamin A deficiency. Lactating women are a potential target group …

Objectives To analyse intake of vitamin A (VA) and retinol concentrations in maternal blood,
breast milk (BM), and the umbilical cord (UC) of newborns, and to determine the …

Objective To assess if vitamin A concentration in umbilical cord blood is associated with
incidence and severity of respiratory infections in preschool Inuit children from Nunavik …