Tag: low vitamin A diet
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Vitamin A and Life Expectancy in Africa
I referred to a 2018 paper on presence of vitamin A fortification in cooking oil of low-income countries to determine if there was any impact on life expectancy. Cooking oil provides a quite pervasive source of Vitamin A, because not only is it used to fry foods, it’s also often a key ingredient in baked…
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What’s Really Responsible for Improving Vision Over Time: Wealth Changes vs Vitamin A Supplementation
After reading my prior analysis on Vitamin A supplementation and life expectancy in Africa, you may have the following objections: Ok, lets solve these issues by: We will use the following data sources: World Economic Outlook (April 2024) – GDP per capita, current prices (imf.org) Coverage at a Crossroads: New directions for Vitamin A supplementation…