Nutrients such as iron and calcium are important for blood and bone health, respectively. But more than half of the world's population does not eat enough of these nutrients, and the other nutrients are also important to health, according to a new study.
This is "not only because we first estimated inappropriate micronutrient intake for the 34-year-old gender group in almost every country, but also because we make these methods and results easily accessible to researchers and practitioners," Free added.”
Past studies have assessed the global shortage of micronutrients and the lack of food supplies containing them, but the latest research has found no global estimate of intake considered inadequate based on nutritional requirements.
While the findings are unique, they are consistent with what other small country-specific studies have found for years.
