Zinc and Iron Bioavailability From Biofortified Pearl Millet

Launched by UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO, DENVER · Feb 1, 2013

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ClinConnect Summary

Nutritional deficiency of iron in 30-70% of young children in different communities in India is well documented and has proved challenging to eradicate both in India and globally. Less is known about zinc deficiency, but zinc and iron are generally present in the same foods and there is also growing evidence for the public health importance of zinc deficiency in young children on a global basis. In populations that depend primarily on plant-based foods, biofortification of major food staples by traditional selective plant breeding procedures offers an attractive strategy for preventing iron...

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Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • lives in one of the targeted communities
• • apparently healthy
• • 23 m of age \[may need modification\]
• • Hemoglobin (Hb) \> 8 g/dl
• • ferritin ≤ 12mg/L
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • Hemoglobin (Hb) \< 8g/dl
• • serum ferritin \> 12 (even after correction for C-reactive protein (CRP)/ Alpha Glyco Protein (AGP)
• • thalassemia
• • birth weight \< 2,500 g
• • birth defect affecting growth and development
• • chronic infection

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