TY - JOUR
T1 - Addition of essential micronutrients to foods - Implications for public health policy in Israel
AU - Kaluski, Dorit Nizan
AU - Tulchinsky, Theodore H.
AU - Haviv, Amalia
AU - Averbuch, Yael
AU - Rachmiel, Shirly
AU - Berry, Elliot M.
AU - Leventhal, Alex
PY - 2003/4/1
Y1 - 2003/4/1
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - Food fortification
KW - Micronutrient deficiency
KW - Nutritional supplementation
KW - Prevention
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C2 - 14509134
AN - SCOPUS:0038473919
SN - 1565-1088
VL - 5
SP - 277
EP - 280
JO - Israel Medical Association Journal
JF - Israel Medical Association Journal
IS - 4
ER -