Flour Fortification and Wheat Biofortification as Strategies to Fight Iron and Zinc Undernourishment

摘要：

　　Micronutrient malnutrition related to insufficient zinc (Zn) and iron (Fe) intake is a serious health concern globally.Micronutrient deficiency affects nearly 50% of the global population,particularly in the semi-arid tropics of South and Southeast Asia and sub-Saharan Africa,where the main sources of minerals for low-income rural and urban populations are staple foods of plant origin that often contain low levels or low bioavailability of these micronutrients.Other population groups are potentially at risk,particularly in areas where diets are based on staple crops and include low meat consumption.

关键词： flour fortification wheat biofortification zinc and Iron micronutrient bioavailability

作者: Roberto J Pe(n)a Govindan Velu Ravi P.Singh Julio Huerta-Espino

作者单位: CIMMYT, Km 45 Carr.Mex-Veracruz, El Batan, Texcoco, Mexico, CP 56130, Mexico

会议类型: 国际会议

会议名称: 14th ICC CEREAL AND BREAD CONGRESS AND FORUM ON FATS & OILS (第14届国际谷物科技与面包大会暨国际油料与油脂科技发展论坛)

会议地点: 北京

会议语种:英文

页码: 159-160

在线出版日期: 2012-08-06（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）