Open AccessConsuming Iron Biofortified Beans Increases Iron Status in Rwandan Women after 128 Days in a Randomized Controlled Feeding Trial
Author(s) -
Jere D. Haas,
Sarah Luna,
Mercy Lung’aho,
Michael J. Wenger,
Laura E. MurrayKolb,
Stephen Beebe,
Jean Bosco Gahutu,
Ines Egli
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of nutrition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.463
H-Index - 265
eISSN - 1541-6100
pISSN - 0022-3166
DOI - 10.3945/jn.115.224741
Subject(s) - randomized controlled trial , iron status , iron deficiency , iron supplementation , food science , medicine , environmental health , biology , anemia
Food-based strategies to reduce nutritional iron deficiency have not been universally successful. Biofortification has the potential to become a sustainable, inexpensive, and effective solution.
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