Evaluating food fortification options
General principles revisited with folic acid
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11023899 |
|---|---|
| Authors | N T Crane, Nancy Crane (Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition), Dennis B Wilson, D A Cook, Dannette Cook, Christine Lewis (0009-0006-8043-1020), C J Lewis, Elizabeth A Yetley, Jeanne I Rader |
| Year | 1995 |
| Volume | 85 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 660-666 |
| Publication date | 1995-05-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048 |
| Publisher | American Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2105/ajph.85.5.660 |
| PMID | 7733426 |
| OpenAlex | W2070748116 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 8 |
OBJECTIVES. This article uses folic acid as an example to illustrate some of the complex issues and general principles that emerge when evaluating fortification of the food supply as one possible means to address a public health recommendation. METHODS. Distributions of current daily folate intakes from conventional foods and dietary supplements were estimated. Intakes that might result from fortification of cereal-grain products and ready-to-eat cereals at various levels for eight age-gender groups were also estimated by using the US Department of Agriculture's 1987-1988 Nationwide Food Consumption Survey. RESULTS. The results illustrate that fortification of the US food supply tends to increase folate intakes of consumers at the high end of the intake distribution curves in the general population to a greater extent than it affects consumers at the low end of the intake distribution curves in the target population. CONCLUSIONS. The effectiveness of food fortification options for a target population and the safety for the general population impose conflicting challenges that must be considered concurrently when making decisions about fortifying the US food supply
Environmental health · folic acid · Food fortification · Fortification · Chemistry · Folate and B Vitamins Research · Food Science · Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations · Internal Medicine · Medicine · Nutritional Studies and Diet
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Annotation
Evaluating population folate exposure through a complete frequency distribution
| Citations per year | 0.26 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1995 - 2012 (18) |
| Highly cited | No |