Highly nutrient-dense spreads: a new approach to delivering multiple micronutrients to high-risk groups.

Spread fortified with vitamins and minerals induces catch-up growth and eradicates severe anemia in stunted refugee children aged 3-6 y.

BACKGROUND Multiple micronutrient deficiencies are often the basic causative factor in stunting and anemia, 2 conditions that affect entire generations of children in deprived populations. No generally accepted recommendations for micronutrient intakes for recovery from stunting are available. OBJECTIVE The objective was to assess the effect of a highly nutrient-dense spread fortified with vi...

Optimizing Disparity Candidates Space in Dense Stereo Matching

In this paper, a new approach for optimizing disparity candidates space is proposed for the solution of dense stereo matching problem. The main objectives of this approachare the reduction of average number of disparity candidates per pixel with low computational cost and high assurance of retaining the correct answer. These can be realized due to the effective use of multiple radial windows, i...

Contribution of Micronutrients Intake to the Risk of Multiple Sclerosis: Is the Available Evidence Convincing?

Combating Micronutrient Deficiencies: Food-based Approaches

The importance of coexisting micronutrient defi ciencies in developing countries is gaining recognition, prompted by the disappointing responses often observed with single micronutrient supplements. Further, of concern is the feasibility and sustainability of supplementation as a mode of delivery in poor resource settings. Consequently, there is increasing emphasis on food-based approaches: for...

Reported consumption of low-nutrient-density foods by American children and adolescents: nutritional and health correlates, NHANES III, 1988 to 1994.

OBJECTIVE To examine the contribution of foods of modest nutritional value to the diets of American children and adolescents. METHODS The data were from the third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1988 to 1994, and included 4852 children and adolescents, aged 8 to 18 years. Foods reported in the 24-hour dietary recall were grouped into the following low-nutrient-density (LND) ...