Abstract The Biomarkers of Nutrition for Development (BOND) project is designed to provide
evidence-informed advice to anyone with an interest in the role of nutrition in health. The …

Background Vitamin A deficiency (VAD) is a major public health problem in low‐and middle‐
income countries, affecting 190 million children under five years of age and leading to many …

History of modern nutrition science—implications for current research, dietary guidelines, and
food policy Page 1 the bmj | BMJ 2018;361:k2392 | doi: 10.1136/bmj.k2392 1 Science and …

The unified global efforts to mitigate the high burden of vitamin and mineral deficiency,
known as hidden hunger, in populations around the world are crucial to the achievement of …

Vitamin A is a crucial micronutrient for pregnant women and their fetuses. In addition to
being essential for morphological and functional development and for ocular integrity …

Vitamin A (VA) deficiency during pregnancy is common in low‐income countries and a
growing number of intervention trials have examined the effects of supplementation during …

The major causes of blindness in children vary widely from region to region, being largely
determined by socioeconomic development, and the availability of primary health care and …

The State of the World's Children 1999 reports on the efforts of the international community
to ensure that all its children enjoy their human right to a high-quality education—efforts that …

Part of the World Health Organization's mandate is to provide information on the health
status of the population at the global level. In this respect, since 1991, the Department of …

VISUAL IMPAIRMENT, WHICH may be defined as blindness (best vision of20/200 in the
better eye in the United States and 20/400 by the World Health Organization [WHO] …