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Two billion people need more vitamins and minerals: fortifying staple foods.(Ingredients)

Food Engineering & Ingredients

| September 01, 2004 | Joppen, Lucien | COPYRIGHT 2008 Reed Business Information, Inc. (US). This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

One-third of the world's population does not get enough vitamins and minerals. The consequences for public health and the economy are grave. The solutions are: fortified staple foods, vitamin and mineral supplements, and best of all, education.

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The above findings stem from a report which has been presented at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, early this year. According to the report, which has been commissioned by the children's charity Unicef and the Micronutrient Initiative, a deficiency in vitamins and minerals impairs intellectual development, compromises immune systems, provokes birth defects, and condemns some two billion…

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