Vitamin C is an essential nutrient that must be obtained through the diet in adequate
amounts to prevent hypovitaminosis C, deficiency and its consequences—including the …

A recent review of global vitamin C status has indicated a high prevalence of deficiency,
particularly in low-and middle-income countries, as well as in specific subgroups within high …

Adolescent undernutrition is a persisting public health problem in low and lower middle
income countries (LLMICs). Nutritional trajectories are complexly interrelated with socio …

Background School children in developing countries like Nigeria are faced with numerous
nutrition and health problems. Lack of functional school health and nutrition programmes in …

Due to rapid urbanization and high food prices and in the absence of nutrition programs,
school children from urban areas in West Africa often have insufficient and inadequate diet …

Background Hidden hunger (micronutrient deficiencies) among adolescents are linked to
impaired physical growth, poor cognitive function, low resistance to infection as well as …

Objective: To determine provisional estimates of the extent of vitamin A (VA) deficiency and
xerophthalmia among school-aged children. Design: Literature search of published …

Vitamin C deficiency disrupts the integrity of connective tissues including bone. For decades
this function has been primarily attributed to Vitamin C as a cofactor for collagen maturation …

Background: Under nutrition is a problem of severe magnitude in low income countries like
Nigeria. Adolescent school children might also be vulnerable. The dearth of data hinders …

Background: An in vitro digestion and Caco-2 cell model may predict iron bioavailability to
humans; however, direct comparisons are lacking. Objective: The objective was to test the …