Habtamu Fekadu Gemede

Food Fortification: Food Fortification with Micronutrients Habtamu Fekadu Gemede

It is an honor and genuine pleasure to introduce Food fortification with Micronutrients text book. This book is intended to draw attention to the roles played by food fortification with micronutrients in human health and will serve as a useful text and reference. Controlling vitamin and mineral deficiency is an affordable opportunity to improve the lives of many millions of people and strengthen the economic development of the country. Food fortification is the most important nutritional intervention strategies to reduce micronutrient malnutrition. In general, food fortification offers consumers the option of choosing foods that will contribute to an essential aspect of their health and well-being, namely increasing their daily dietary intake of micronutrients and which offers a significant low-cost and sustainable approach to reducing the prevalence of micronutrient deficiencies and does not require any change in diet and it is cost-effective.