Micronutrients Fortification for Children’s Health
A special issue of Nutrients (ISSN 2072-6643). This special issue belongs to the section "Nutrition and Public Health".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 March 2023) | Viewed by 3576
Special Issue Editors
Interests: micronutrient supplement; iron; anemia
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Dear Colleagues,
If infant malnutrition is not ameliorated in the future, it will continue to affect lifelong health, including the ability to work in adulthood. In the future, it is expected that many malnourished people will be unable to fully recover from the physical damage caused by malnutrition. The malnutrition of infants is mainly manifested as growth restriction, low weight, weight loss, anemia, and lack of a variety of micronutrients. The high rate of malnutrition has become a major threat to children’s health, causing a medical burden and reducing the possibility of having an education and/or stable economic income in adulthood. Additionally, malnutrition is an important factor in the return of poverty due to illness, and thus cannot be ignored. Under the promotion of the WHO, nearly 50 developing countries have used MNP to carry out early childhood complementary food nutrition interventions to achieve significant improvements. For example, the Chinese government adopted YYB (Ying Yang Bao) with Chinese characteristics to carry out complementary food and nutrition interventions for infants aged 6-23 months living in economically deprived regions, which has been praised for its Chinese experiences and characteristics.
We welcome original research and literature reviews on micronutrients fortification regarding children’s health and the impacts of malnutrition.
Dr. Junsheng Huo
Dr. Yanli Wei
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- micronutrients fortification
- YYB
- infants
- nutrition intervention
- anemia
- stunting
- feeding behavior
- cost–benefit
