Addition of essential micronutrients to foods - Implications for public health policy in Israel

Dorit Nizan Kaluski*, Theodore H. Tulchinsky, Amalia Haviv, Yael Averbuch, Shirly Rachmiel, Elliot M. Berry, Alex Leventhal

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Abstract

Micronutrient deficiencies have reoccupied the center stage of public health policy with the realization that folic acid deficiency results in neural tube defects and possibly other birth defects as well as ischemic heart disease. These, in turn, have raised an older debate on food fortification policy for the elimination of iodine, iron and vitamin D deficiencies. Data from the First Israel National Health and Nutrition Survey (MABAT 2000) provided an impetus to develop an active national nutrition policy aimed to improve the nutritional status of iodine, iron, vitamins A and D and B-vitamins, including folate. In this paper we examine some of the micronutrient deficiency issues in Israel and their implications for public health, and suggest options for the formulation of policy.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)277-280
Number of pages4
JournalIsrael Medical Association Journal
Volume5
Issue number4
StatePublished - 1 Apr 2003

Keywords

  • Food fortification
  • Micronutrient deficiency
  • Nutritional supplementation
  • Prevention

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