Impact of water fortification with calcium on calcium intake in different countries: a simulation study
Objective:To simulate the impact - effectiveness and safety - of water fortification with different concentrations of Ca using the Intake Modelling, Assessment and Planning Program.Design:This is a secondary analysis of national or sub-national dietary intake databases.Setting and Participants:Ugand...
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| Format: | article |
| Status: | Published version |
| Publication Date: | 2020 |
| Country: | Argentina |
| Institution: | Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas |
| Repository: | CONICET Digital (CONICET) |
| Language: | English |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/142200 |
| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/11336/142200 |
| Access Level: | Open access |
| Keyword: | CALCIUM FORTIFICATION INTAKE SIMULATION WATER https://purl.org/becyt/ford/3.3 https://purl.org/becyt/ford/3 |
| Summary: | Objective:To simulate the impact - effectiveness and safety - of water fortification with different concentrations of Ca using the Intake Modelling, Assessment and Planning Program.Design:This is a secondary analysis of national or sub-national dietary intake databases.Setting and Participants:Uganda, Lao People's Democratic Republic (PDR), Bangladesh, Zambia, Argentina, USA and Italy.Results:We found that for dietary databases assessed from low- and middle-income countries (LMIC), the strategy of fortifying water with 500 mg of Ca/l would decrease the prevalence of low Ca intake in all age groups. We also found that this strategy would be safe as no group would present a percentage of individuals exceeding the upper limit in >2 %, except women aged 19-31 years in Lao PDR, where 6·6 % of women in this group would exceed the upper limit of Ca intake. The same strategy would lead to some groups exceeding the upper limit in USA and Italy.Conclusions:We found that for most LMIC countries, water fortified with Ca could decrease the prevalence of Ca intake inadequacy without exceeding the upper levels of Ca intake. |
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