Nutritional composition and acceptance of a complimentary food made with provitamin A-biofortified maize.

Introduction: Micronutrient malnutrition has been identified as a serious health problem globally and is on the rise in South Africa. This is evident from the escalating burden of vitamin A deficiency (VAD) in South Africa. Rural infants are the most affected, as their diets often lack micronutrient...

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Main Author: Govender, Laurencia.
Other Authors: Pillay, Kirthee.
Language:en_ZA
Published: 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10413/10702