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You need only trace amounts of selenium to survive. Falling outside of this narrow therapeutic window can have significant health consequences.
While most of us aren’t getting enough magnesium, supplements may not be necessary.
Raw veganism may have more risks than benefits.
While iron and calcium are the metals that get the most attention, zinc is also important for human health and function.
Adolescence lies between childhood and adulthood, but adolescents are neither big children nor little adults. They have increased food requirements to support their rapid physical growth and maturation.
World Food Day, Oct. 16, provides an opportunity to gauge where the fight against hunger stands. It’s also a time, an expert says, to look at so-called hidden hunger.
Biofortification – enhancing the micronutrient concentration of staple crops – offers a sustainable solution to hidden hunger.
Micronutrient deficiencies are not well understood as an aspect of malnutrition. The problem is that such deficiencies increase a range of health risks.
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Research Fellow, American University School of Public Affairs
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Professor of Nutritional Sciences, University of Lancashire
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Postdoctoral Research Assistant in Nutrition, University of Lancashire
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Senior Lecturer in Nutrition, Food, and Health Sciences, Teesside University
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Director DST-NRF Centre of Excellence in Food Security, University of the Western Cape
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Toronto
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Postdoctoral Fellow in Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, Vanderbilt University
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Postdoctoral Researcher in Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, Vanderbilt University
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Programme Lead Nutrition and Health, Edge Hill University
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Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Iowa
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Postdoctoral Fellow, Cornell University
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Assistant Professor of Nutrition-Sensitive Agriculture, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine