Prevalence of Vitamin A Deficiency is a Greater Concern in Children in India

Saijuddin Shaikh and Dilip Mahalanabis
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Dilip Mahalanabis: Mahalanabis Foundation Trust, India

Nutrition & Food Science International Journal, 2018, vol. 5, issue 1, 18-19

Abstract: Vitamin A deficiency (VAD) is an important cause of nutritional blindness in young children [1] and VAD causes more than 250,000 children to go blind in Asia each year; 52,500 such cases per year are from India [2]. Vitamin A deficiency also leads to retarded growth and development, decreased resistance to infection, and increased child morbidity and mortality [3]. VAD in preschool children is a proxy indicator of maternal VAD and it affects school children. Little attention has been paid to the prevalence of VAD in the preschool age group in India. Hence, this short review was undertaken.

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Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.19081/NFSIJ.2018.05.555655

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