On Field Fortification

On Fortification of General Games

A recent result of Moshkovitz [Mos14] presented an ingenious method to provide a completely elementary proof of the Parallel Repetition Theorem for certain projection games via a construction called fortification. However, the construction used in [Mos14] to fortify arbitrary label cover instances using an arbitrary extractor is insufficient to prove parallel repetition. In this paper, we provi...

Impact of Wheat Flour Fortification on Anemia

This peer-reviewed article was written by the Food Fortification Initiative on 19 June 2013 For more information, e-mail [email protected] or see: www.FFInetwork.org Anemia and Public Health An estimated 30% of the world’s population is anemic [1]. Anemia can be caused by nutritional deficiency (e.g., iron, folate, vitamin B12, vitamin A) and non-nutritional factors (e.g., malaria, hookworm, ...

The Food Fortification Formulator: Technical Determination of Fortification Levels and Standards for Mass Fortification

Fortification of Wheat Flour With Iron: A National Fortification Program in Iran

Food fortification with iron can be an inexpensive, simple and effective strategy for controlling and preventing iron deficiency and anemia in many countries . Since iron deficiency was one of the main public health problems in Iran, the Ministry of Health and Medical Education (MOH&ME) started technical and pilot studies on subjects about 16 years ago (in 2001). Based on the results obtained a...

Vitamin food fortification today

Historically, food fortification has served as a tool to address population-wide nutrient deficiencies such as rickets by vitamin D fortified milk. This article discusses the different policy strategies to be used today. Mandatory or voluntary fortification and fortified foods, which the consumer needs, also have to comply with nutritional, regulatory, food safety and technical issues. The 'wor...