The impact of vitamin D food fortification and health outcomes in children: a systematic review and meta-regression

Abstract Objective Vitamin D (vitD) deficiency is a global childhood health problem. Food fortification is a promising strategy to curb vitD deficiency. We aimed to assess the effectiveness of utilizing vitD fortification in staple foods to improve 25hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D) concentration and to r...

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Main Authors: Reem Al Khalifah, Rawan Alsheikh, Yossef Alnasser, Rana Alsheikh, Nora Alhelali, Ammar Naji, Nouf Al Backer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-06-01
Series:Systematic Reviews
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13643-020-01360-3