Strategies to improve micronutrient status of infants and young children with special attention to complementary foods fortified with micronutrients: Perspectives from Vietnam

TY - CHAP

T1 - Strategies to improve micronutrient status of infants and young children with special attention to complementary foods fortified with micronutrients

T2 - Perspectives from Vietnam

AU - Berger, Jacques

AU - Wieringa, Frank T.

AU - Laillou, Arnaud

AU - Van, Phu Pham

AU - Dijkhuizen, Marjoleine Amma

N1 - CURIS 2013 NEXS 282

PY - 2013/1/1

Y1 - 2013/1/1

N2 - Stunting and micronutrient deficiencies are still prevalent in Vietnam and other developing countries, and effective actions are needed. • Integrated interventions should be directed to women in reproductive age before and during pregnancy and breastfeeding, and infants and young children. • Appropriate complementary feeding practices are particularly important and should follow the WHO guidelines. • Complementary foods of good quality can be manufactured locally and made available and accessible to all families especially the poorest, in accordance with the International Code of Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes. • The efficacy of appropriate complementary feeding on the nutritional status, growth, and development of infants and young children has been proved in Vietnam and in many other settings. • The awareness, commitment, and support of communities and government are essential to ensure the effectiveness and sustainability of complementary feeding interventions. • The fortification of staple foods and condiments with micronutrients may be an alternative strategy to improve the micronutrient status of populations including women of childbearing age, infants, and young children.

AB - Stunting and micronutrient deficiencies are still prevalent in Vietnam and other developing countries, and effective actions are needed. • Integrated interventions should be directed to women in reproductive age before and during pregnancy and breastfeeding, and infants and young children. • Appropriate complementary feeding practices are particularly important and should follow the WHO guidelines. • Complementary foods of good quality can be manufactured locally and made available and accessible to all families especially the poorest, in accordance with the International Code of Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes. • The efficacy of appropriate complementary feeding on the nutritional status, growth, and development of infants and young children has been proved in Vietnam and in many other settings. • The awareness, commitment, and support of communities and government are essential to ensure the effectiveness and sustainability of complementary feeding interventions. • The fortification of staple foods and condiments with micronutrients may be an alternative strategy to improve the micronutrient status of populations including women of childbearing age, infants, and young children.

M3 - Book chapter

SN - 978-1-4614-7109-7

VL - 2

SP - 335

EP - 346

BT - Handbook of Food Fortification and Health

A2 - Preedy, Victor R.

A2 - Srirajaskanthan, Rajaventhan

A2 - Patel, Vinood B.

PB - Springer Science+Business Media

CY - New York

ER -