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Abstract
Interest in micronutrient malnutrition has increased greatly
over the last few years, as a global burden of disease. In 2006, the
World Health Report identified iron, vitamin A and zinc deficiencies
as being among the world’s most serious health risk factors.
The best way of preventing micronutrient malnutrition is to
ensure consumption of a balanced diet that is adequate in every
nutrient. Low iron status is particularly a problem in populations
subsisting on plant-based diets that are low in animal tissue and high
in iron absorption inhibitors and therefore low in bioavailable iron.
The success of iron fortification programme to fight iron
deficiency can be measured through its efficiency of iron absorption
which depends on the both bioavailability of dietary iron and iron
status. Iron absorption is influenced by many factors which
enhancing or inhibiting nonhaeme iron absorption. Rather it is also
necessary to increase iron bioavailability, by either decreasing the
level of absorption inhibitors or by increasing the level of absorption
enhancers.