Background Despite scientific evidence on the potential impact or importance of specific
interventions to improve micronutrient status of vulnerable groups, political commitment and …

Abstract Objective The SMILING (Sustainable Micronutrient Interventions to Control
Deficiencies and Improve Nutritional Status and General Health in Asia) project aimed at …

Anemia and micronutrient deficiencies remain highly prevalent, affecting over 2 billion
people worldwide (Kassebaum and Collaborators GBDA 2016). Because micronutrients are …

Background The “Sustainable Micronutrient Interventions to Control Deficiencies and
Improve Nutritional Status and General Health in Asia” project (SMILING), funded by the …

Objectives To provide an overview of nutrition-specific and nutrition-sensitive interventions
that could improve micronutrient status of women of reproductive age. Methods This …

Objectives Since the 1990s, programs for the control of micronutrient deficiencies became a
public health priority for many governments, including the countries partnering the project …

Micronutrient deficiencies during pregnancy pose important challenges for public‐health,
given the potential adverse outcomes not only during pregnancy but across the life‐course …

Objectives Micronutrient deficiencies, in southeast Asia (SE Asia), remain a public health
challenge. We evaluated whether promoting the consumption of locally available nutritious …

The public health implications of micronutrient deficiencies are very important since these
deficiencies adversely affect fetal and child growth, cognitive development of infants …

Background: Micronutrient deficiency has long been recognized as a public health problem,
particularly among vulnerable groups such as children, adolescents, pregnant and lactating …