The Indian Journal of Nutrition and Dietetics

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Availability of Beta Carotene from Carrots in a Human Feeding Trial


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Vitamin A deficiency is one of the most devastating public health problems in India. The incidence is particularly high among the preschool children of low income groups. The general effect of vitamin A deficiency is impairment of growth. The more specific effects are seen in the eye in the form of xerosis of the conjunctiva and Bitot's spots, and it has been recorded in five to 11 per cent of children in Southern and Eastern India.
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Nirmala K. Murthy
Sri Avinashilingam Home Science College for Women, Coimbatore-641011, India
Annamma Joseph
Sri Avinashilingam Home Science College for Women, Coimbatore-641011, India
S. Saroja
Sri Avinashilingam Home Science College for Women, Coimbatore-641011, India

Abstract


Vitamin A deficiency is one of the most devastating public health problems in India. The incidence is particularly high among the preschool children of low income groups. The general effect of vitamin A deficiency is impairment of growth. The more specific effects are seen in the eye in the form of xerosis of the conjunctiva and Bitot's spots, and it has been recorded in five to 11 per cent of children in Southern and Eastern India.