Interrelationship Between ‘Nutrition and Stunting’
Table of Contents: What is Nutrition? What is Malnutrition? What is Stunting? What are the consequences of Stunting? Interrelationship between Nutrition and Stunting Ways to […]
Nutrition
14 Differences Between Retinol and β -carotene
The two main forms of vitamin A in the human diet are preformed vitamin A (retinol, retinyl esters), and provitamin A carotenoids such as beta-carotene […]
Vitamin A: Sources, Function, Benefits, & Consequences of Deficiency
What is Vitamin A? Vitamin ‘A’ is a fat-soluble vitamin. Vitamin A is an important micro-nutrient that is essential for different biological and metabolism functions. […]
Similarities and Differences between RUTF and RUSF
Background: RUTF stands for Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Food while RUSF stands for Ready-to-Use Supplementary Food. A number of enterprises are dedicated on making RUTF and RUSF […]
Classification of Nutrients: (Type I, Type II) & (Macro, Micro) !
Nutrients can be divided into different types based on the way in which they are classified. There are two major ways in which nutrients can […]
What is MSNP (Multi-Sector Nutrition Program)?
What is Multi-Sector Nutrition Program (MSNP)? In simple words, multi sector nutrition program refers to the program which is implemented through joint/collective effort from multiple […]
Food Fortification: Criteria, Types and Advantages!
What is Food Fortification? Food fortification is defined as the process of deliberately adding/increasing the content of essential micro-nutrients in a food in order to […]
Food Safety: What You Should Know?
What is Food Safety? Food safety is the absence, or safe, acceptable levels, of hazards in food that may harm the health of consumers. It […]
Macro and Micro-Nutrient Deficiencies
Basic concept of nutrients: Nutrients are the organic substances congregated inside the food and used by the body for the maintenance of life and growth. […]
15 Differences between Macro-nutrients and Micro-nutrients
Before moving on to the major differences between macro-nutrients and micro-nutrients, let us take a simple overview of what nutrients are: Nutrients are the organic […]