Anaemia prevalence in eight States found to be overestimated
Study finds anaemia prevalence in India overestimated, with iron deficiency playing a smaller role than assumed.
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Study finds Vitamin B12 absorption is not just in the small intestine but also in the human colon
Researchers in Bengaluru and New Delhi disproved a decades-long dogma that Vitamin B12 absorption only occurs in the small intestine. Using an innovative method, they found that absorption also occurs in the large intestine, which could explain why Vitamin B12 deficiency is not as high as expected in India. The…
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St John’s researchers develop software tool to help design supplementary feeding programme under ICDS
Bengaluru researchers design software tool to aid in designing economical supplementary nutrition provisions for ICDS. Tool customised to work as mobile app, funded by WHO-India, based on local food database, designed to minimise cost, free to use, to optimise food provisions for children/pregnant/lactating mothers, to meet nutrient needs, to prevent…
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