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Vitamin and Mineral Requirements In Human Nutrition
In the past 20 years, micronutrients have assumed great public health im- portance. As a consequence, considerable research has been carried out to better understand their physiological role and the health consequences of micronutrient-deficient diets, to establish criteria for defining the degree of public health severity of micronutrient malnutrition, and to develop preven- tion and control strategies.
One of the main outcomes of this process is greatly improved knowledge of human micronutrient requirements, which is a crucial step in understand- ing the public health significance of micronutrient malnutrition and identify- ing the most appropriate measures to prevent them. This process cess also led to successive expert consultations and publications organized jointly by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the World Health Organization (WHO) and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) providing up-to-date knowledge and defining standards for micronu- trient requirements in 1973', 19882 and in 1996. In recognition of this rapidly developing field, and the substantial new advances that have been made since the most recent publication in 1996, FAO and WHO considered it appropri- ate to convene a new expert consultation to re-evaluate the role of micronu- trients in human health and nutrition.
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