Absorption of Zinc from Mixed Diets Containing Conventional Bangladeshi Rice, Zinc-Biofortified Bangladeshi Rice, or Conventional Bangladeshi Rice with Added Zinc among Young Children from a Peri-Urban Community in Bangladesh
A single-day ration (150 g total) in 3 equally divided servings of Hi-Zn BfR could satisfy 47% of the recommended daily requirement of zinc (3 mg/d) for children 1-3-y old and 28% for children 4-8-y old (5 mg/d) compared with 37% and 23% from Lo-Zn CR for the same age groups, respectively. Hi-Zn BfR is a meaningful component of preventive option for childhood zinc deficiency where rice is staple. This trial was registered at clinicaltrials.gov as NCT04099849.
Authors
- Nurun Nahar Naila (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9694-6217)
- Rahvia Alam Sthity (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5988-358X)
- Erick Boy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0271-1725)
- Mosabbir Ahmed
- Nancy F Krebs
- Leslie R. Woodhouse
- Khandaker Afsana Mim
- Jamie Westcott
- Tahmeed Ahmed
- M.Munirul Islam
Institutions
- International Food Policy Research Institute (US)
- International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research (BD)
- Western Human Nutrition Research Center (US)
- University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Nutrition
- Published
- 2026-02-17
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tjnut.2026.101422
- Primary Topic
- Trace Elements in Health
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00