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defi.icncy, Unfo4unat ly, rh.E sr no Lli.bt. clintql diagnosric sieria rvailsbl. ro<br />
d€imine Zn sd6 in hud(3 .euFr.ty. For rhi! t@n, rhe pEwtere of Zn<br />
d.licidcy in rhe wrk is ni u@ruin, bd n, pcv.loe E p€umd lo b. v€,y<br />
e trsrc tun3 m{ny.por prgn.nr wom.4 ira..B ind childEn in nsy dq.topanS<br />
counlri4. In mdy aunlries wtrcn Zj soppt.mcnls e givm ro Dmr childrcn, BmMh<br />
Et increas€d demonshting rh Zn d.ficiency mi8ht be *io6prw.<br />
Cm@y {1999) Epon;d lh.r mosr ofrhc childrn ,n d.velopins ountrie who<br />
sufer lDh 'liafthoea aho h,ve mqlnutirioh amj .€ ti(ety ro have deficidr., in zinc.<br />
Dio.ihoeahcs been slobatly recos ied !s onc ofrhcDosr mpodor sueorholbidiry<br />
,nd mortatily inchitdEn, md llfec6 milions ofyouns clilG€n,<br />
Colal (2000) eported lh€ Middtc E$l b be p.rhlp3 lhe mddis bqt tabomory<br />
rof lqrning more abour ion ond zi& defici.ncis drd $eir widdprean pcvdene<br />
contibures huch ro consrdining rhq qultiry ofti& tor ! hr8e shaE of rhe poputstion.<br />
kon d€llcidcy is lhe oosr prvslol $d $ fir tic host inradable miconuriefl<br />
pobld, It pDblbly vitt not yi.ld !o tc$ rhdn a nulti prcngcd sratery inctu.tjns<br />
forlili€iion ofihe aood suppt, yifi ibtr.<br />
S.slEdri (200t) reponql rhtrl miconudcnt d.ticidcy, whelber ctiniql or sub<br />
cliniol, mayaftd grchrh,aslirDnMd RptuJuctne pcrtome* t^ p,"s""", *."",<br />
oodq.t !o sY@ dcficimcis oa iEn, zinc .nd folic ead hovc beer showtr to inc@<br />
risk of low binh *€ish! pr.gnanc, @mptiqtions and bidh dct€ds. Iron d€ficiqoy .nd<br />
r.amir affcd 50 % or moe of tEgn, &n&n, th. pEvdsce oa rotic <strong>ac</strong>id defioicncy<br />
n.ybe trp lo 30-50%trd rhcr. js evidqc ro sugs*l thit zihc deficienoy is likety to b.<br />
wdcspread.<br />
P&<strong>ac</strong>haond Juril (2002, conJuckd. srtty on child,en ofb nEnrhsro5)a(oi<br />
!g€ in NWFI previn@ oa pakblsn !M rcporLd rhc prcv.lenc. ofonenia ro h. 50.1<br />
Ramakrishnan (2002) srored rhd ov.r two biliohs p€opre sjobo y s..(.i3t ror<br />
vit@in A, iodire, ud/or iDn dcfici.m, in sph. otr@6r cltdrts in rh. prcvqion od<br />
@nlrol or rh.$ detici.nciB. The pEut.nc k .speiily hiSh n sou|n@( Asia md sb_<br />
S.natu Afdu lnd pmgnrnr hmcn cid ,oung ch,tdFn ,c !t rtE Sreir€d ns|. Otl,rr<br />
nlcotruridr d.fici.nci* of pubtic lEtrh co..cm i.ctuo. zrnc, folrrc and 0D I
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