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 …

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

The relationship of dietary vitamin A transfer from mother to fetus is not well understood. The
difference in swine offspring liver reserves was investigated between single-dose vitamin A …

Background: β-Carotene–biofortified maize is being developed through plant breeding as a
sustainable agronomic approach to alleviate vitamin A deficiency. Objective: Our objective …

Background: Vitamin A deficiency remains a global public health problem. Daily
supplementation with a lipid-based nutrient supplement (LNS) has potential for increasing …

Biofortified maize, designed as an intervention strategy to prevent vitamin A deficiency, can
provide upwards of 15 μg β-carotene per g dry weight. Some varieties also have elevated …

Vitamin A in human milk is critical for meeting infant requirements and building liver stores
needed after weaning. A number of studies have measured milk retinol, but only a subset …

Background: Information is lacking regarding normal changes in milk carotenoid
concentrations in healthy, well-nourished women during the first month of lactation …

Background: More information is needed on the efficacy of carotenoids from plant foods in
improving vitamin A status. Objective: We aimed to quantify the efficacy of provitamin A–rich …

Background: Vitamin A deficiency remains a nutritional concern in sub-Saharan Africa.
Conventionally bred maize hybrids with high provitamin A carotenoid concentrations may …