The use of carob flour and RS constitutes a promising approach in producing fibre-rich formulations of high quality characteristics in order to fulfil population deficiency of dietary fibre intake.
As a result, any wide-spread use of sun-block and sun-avoidance will exacerbate any population deficiency of vitamin D synthesis and, presumably, will increase the likelihood of diseases related to vitamin D deficiency.
In such populations, deficiencies of vitamins, such as A, C, and E, have been reported (6 ).
Kismayo may have been liberated, but its 300,000 population suffers deficiencies in food and clean water, medical facilities, basic infrastructure and state schooling.
High and statistically significant levels of within population heterozygote deficiencies were found at each of the five microsatellite loci in two temporally separated samples.
This may indicate that in this population, G6PD deficiency is less of a risk to treatment with 8 week PQ than currently assumed.
Prevalence of stunting in children below the age of five years is a simple indicator of population zinc deficiency (Brown et al. 2004).
In addition, the elderly population may have deficiencies of several micronutrients including folate, pyridoxine, and cobalamin; if not treated in time, these deficiencies can lead to an accumulation of both XA and Hcy in the urine or plasma and present a serious health risk to these individuals.
Vitamin A (retinol) and vitamin E (α-tocopherol) are fat soluble micronutrients most commonly measured in the pediatric population to monitor deficiencies due to malabsorption secondary to gastrointestinal (GI) disorders.
rOver 30% of the world population suffers micronutrient deficiencies, see FAO, WFP and IFAD ([2012]) p. 23.
