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Adding Iron to Soy Sauce and Other Nutritional Tricks for the Developing World

In the developing world, nutrients aren't always in diets. Adding those nutrients to the available food can be a huge boost to public health.

Adding Iron to Soy Sauce and Other Nutritional Tricks for the Developing World

Proper diet and nutrition are key to children's well-being, keeping them healthy and supporting cognitive development. A diet without nutrients like iron or folic acid can have serious effects. But in the developing world, the correct nutrients aren't always in children's diets. Adding those nutrients to the available food—even to foods in which they don't naturally occur—can be a huge boost to public health. It's a lesson we learned in the United States long ago, and one we need to apply to the rest of the world.


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