title: Prevention of vitamin A deficiency by fortification of sugar. A field study.
abstract: The small amount of vitamin A in the diet of people living in some regions of Chile can be increased by adding this vitamin to sugar. In order to evaluate the effectiveness of a sugar fortification program, vitamin A fortified sugar was distributed to four indian villages in the mountainous region of Africa, whose inhabitants showed a severe vitamin A deficiency. The results of this study demonstrate that sugar fortification program is able to correct vitamin A deficiency by elevating the vitamin intake and consequently improve the circulating retinol, without substantially increasing the cost or modigying the organoleptic characteristics of sugar.
mesh_terms: D002241:Carbohydrates; D002677:Chile; D005260:Female; D005527:Food, Fortified; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009313:National Health Programs; D014802:Vitamin A Deficiency / Q000517:prevention & control*
chemical_list: D002241:Carbohydrates