The issues discussed include nutrients not meeting the Dietary Reference Intakes (DRI) in the diet of Americans, lack of information in the guidelines about how to overcome inadequacies due to these nutrients, and suggestions to include dietary fiber, vitamin D and potassium in the diet.Gordon...
Ethnic disparities among food sources of energy and nutrients of public health concern and nutrients to limit in adults in the United States: NHANES 2003–... Ethnic disparities among food sources of energy and nutrients of public health concern and nutrients to limit in adults in the United ...
Focuses on three key areas of particular concern identified by COMA: iron status; bone health; and folate status. Suggests that the statutory addition of iron, calcium, thiamin, and niacin to flour and vitamins A and D to margarine, and the voluntary addition of folic acid to breakfast ...
Cow’s milk is a source of calcium and vitamin D, both of which have been identified as nutrients of public health concern for underconsumption. It is also a significant source of protein in the American diet. However, growing numbers of people are drinking milk made from pl...
Identifying simple strategies to prevent or delay age-associated pathologies is a major public health concern. Attrition of telomeres, chromatin structures that help maintain genome stability, leads to cell death or senescence. Thus telomere length is a reliable hallmark of biological aging and the ris...
Bone health is one of the most important determinants of living quality, especially for elders. Over 80% of Canadians who are more than 50 years old suffered from osteoporotic fracture and cause server disability. Osteoporosis has become a serious public health concern, affecting more than 200 mil...
An inadequate status of some of these nutrients occurs in many populations in the world (i.e., vitamin A, iron, and zinc) where infectious disease is a major health concern. We will also review nutrients that may specifically modulate host defense to infectious pathogens (long-chain ...
Let me, as a public health nutrition researcher, reassure you that anti-nutrients aren’t the evil nemesis of all the nutritious foods you eat. As long as you’re consuming a balanced and varied diet, anti-nutrients are not a concern. In fact, scientists are realizing they actually have ...
FOOD CONSUMPTION AND NUTRITIONAL STATUS OF MOTHERS AND THEIR UNDER FIVE CHILDREN IN AKURE SOUTH LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, ONDO STATE, NIGERIA Malnutrition in sub-Saharan Africa contributes to high rates of childhood morbidity and mortality which make it a public health concern in Africa. This study ass...
The tolerable upper intake levels of the DRIs were not considered in constructing the ENI. Future work should assess the prevalence of intakes beyond upper limits to assess whether toxicity could be a concern. Conclusions To our knowledge, the findings of this cross-sectional study are among the...