Vitamin A deficiency is very prevalent and contributes substantially to morbidity and mortality
among young children in developing countries. We identify and quantify three causes of …

This paper describes usual intakes of vitamin A from diet plus low dose supplements,
reviews methods for assessing vitamin A toxicity and applies a kinetic analysis of vitamin A …

Vitamin A deficiency is an endemic nutrition problem throughout much of the developing
world, especially affecting the health and survival of infants, young children, and pregnant …

The prevalence of vitamin A deficiency (serum retinol [SR]< 20 μg/dl) in children from one to
five years of age in the Philippines rose from 35.8% to 38% between 1993 and 1998 …

Increased consumption of dietary vitamin A is advocated as a long-term solution to vitamin A
deficiency. We prospectively examined the relationship of dietary vitamin A intake and child …

Background: Vitamin A supplementation reduces morbidity and mortality in children living in
areas endemic for vitamin A deficiency. Routine vitamin A supplementation usually starts …

Higher food prices increase the risk of vitamin A deficiency among preschool children in
poor families, because a larger part of the household food budget is spent on grain foods …

A meta-analysis of eight mortality trials indicates that improving the vitamin A status of
children aged six months to five years reduced mortality rates by about 23% in populations …

Vitamin A deficiency in its subclinical form is a world health problem in young children. The
problem is probably under recognized in the United States and other developed countries …

Vitamin A deficiency is a common form of micronutrient malnutrition affecting 21.1% of
preschool-age children and 5.6% of pregnant women worldwide. The published literature …