A food systems approach to increase dietary zinc intake in Bangladesh based on an analysis of diet, rice production and processing

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dc.contributor.authorMayer, A. B.en
dc.contributor.authorLatham, M. C.en
dc.contributor.authorDuxbury, J. M.en
dc.contributor.authorHassan, N.en
dc.contributor.authorFrongillo, E. A.en
dc.contributor.departmentSustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management (SANREM) Knowledgebaseen
dc.coverage.spatialBangladeshen
dc.date.accessioned2016-04-19T20:29:39Zen
dc.date.available2016-04-19T20:29:39Zen
dc.date.issued2011en
dc.descriptionMetadata only recorden
dc.description.abstractThe nutritional status of humans is dependent on a variety of factors including production, processing, and preparation of staples crops. This study examples zinc content of rice at these different stages between production and consumption in rice producing communities in four districts n Bangladesh. In order to determine intervention points, a cross-sectional observational study of common practices as well as dietary assessments of children were carried out. Results of this study indicate that total dietary zinc for children in these communities could increase by 64 percent through increases in soil zinc content, adjustments to milling, changes in cooking, and growing different varieties. The authors conclude that this information will be most effective as part of an integrated, community-based intervention for ameliorating multiple nutrient deficiencies.en
dc.format.mimetypetext/plainen
dc.identifier4933en
dc.identifier.isbn978-1-84593-714-0en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/69998en
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.publisherCAB International and FAOen
dc.relation.ispartofIn: Thompson, B., and L. Amoroso (eds.) Combating Micronutrient Deficiencies: Food-based Approaches, 254 - 267en
dc.relation.urihttp://addison.vt.edu/record=b2950067~S1en
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.holderCopyright 2011 FAOen
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectFood strategyen
dc.subjectFood consumptionen
dc.subjectMalnutritionen
dc.subjectHealth impactsen
dc.subjectFood systemsen
dc.subjectZincen
dc.subjectRiceen
dc.subjectOryza sativaen
dc.subjectFood processingen
dc.subjectDiet surveysen
dc.subjectFood-based approachesen
dc.subjectBangladeshen
dc.subjectWatersheden
dc.titleA food systems approach to increase dietary zinc intake in Bangladesh based on an analysis of diet, rice production and processingen
dc.typeAbstracten
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