Vitamin A deficiency among adolescent female garment factory workers in Bangladesh

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Vitamin A deficiency affects around 230 million children in developing countries. A deficiency can often extend into adolescence and early adulthood. A study was undertaken to investigate vitamin A deficiency amongst adolescent female factory workers in Bangladesh. A high prevalence of subclinical vitamin A deficiency was found, although there was no suggestion of acute undernutrition. Consumption of dark green leafy vegetables was found to have an important link with the vitamin status of the subjects.

Research, Teenagers, Youth

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The impact of vitamin A supplementation on physical growth of children is dependent on season

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The effect of vitamin A supplementation on physical growth was investigated in young children through a randomized, double blind, placebo controlled trial. Nine hundred children, aged 12-59 months, attending an urban slum community clinic with diarrhea were included in the trial. Findings indicated that vitamin A supplementation in 12-59-month-old children enhances weight gain in the subsequent three months only in the summer season, but not during the rest of the year.

Human growth, Human development, Vitamin A

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Increase in serum beta-carotene following dark green leafy vegetable supplementation in Mebendazole-treated school children in Bangladesh

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A new study investigates the effect of eating sweet pumpkin and dark green leafy vegetables on the amount of retinol and serum beta-carotene concentrations in Bangladeshi children treated for the intestinal parasite Ascaris lumbricoides.

Diet therapy, Bangladesh, Beta carotene, Ascaris

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