Vitamindeficiency3.pptVIP

Undernutrition is measured by weight-for-age Plus, nutritional factors contribute to the highest percentages of global DALYs across the board To highlight one nutritional factor in adulthood: one of the greatest burdens of disease for women is anemia. From 1) Goldenberg, RL. The Plausibility of Micronutrient Deficiency in Relationship to Perinatal Infection. The Journal of Nutrition 133:1645S-1648S, 2003. 2) Powell J, Borchers AT, Yoshida S Gershwin ME. Evaluation of the immune system in the nutritionally at-risk host. In: Nutrition and Immunology: Principles and Practice. Eds. Gerschwin