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Food fortification prevents 7 billion nutrient gaps annually — but could triple its impact

Fortifying staple foods with essential vitamins and minerals is a cheap and effective way to ensure that people have access to nutrients that may be lacking in their normal diets. These efforts have ...
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Study confirms food fortification is highly cost-effective in fighting hidden hunger across 63 countries

A comprehensive new systematic review published in The Journal of Nutrition provides the latest evidence that large-scale food fortification is a highly cost-effective intervention for reducing global ...
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Food Fortification prevents 7 billion nutrient gaps annually—but could triple its impact, landmark study finds

Geneva — Large-scale food fortification—adding essential vitamins and minerals to staple foods like flour, rice, oil, and salt—currently prevents approximately 7 billion nutrient gaps* worldwide each ...
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Food Fortification Prevents 7 Billion Nutrient Gaps Annually-But Could Triple Its Impact, Landmark Study Finds

(MENAFN- EIN Presswire) EINPresswire/ -- New research in The Lancet Global Health provides first-ever global estimates of how fortified foods improve nutrition – and maps a path to dramatically expand ...