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JAMA. 2001;286:667-668.

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MMWR. 2001;50:509-512

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Vitamin A, a fat-soluble, heat-stable nutrient (retinol) derived from animal sources and certain fruits and vegetables, forms the basic component of retinal pigments and plays a vital role in optimal health, growth, and development. Vitamin A deficiency (VAD) (serum retinol 20 µg/dL [0.7 µmol/L] for subclinical VAD) can substantially increase the risk for childhood mortality from infectious and noninfectious causes.^1-3 VAD impairs the mobilization and transport of iron and is usually associated with anemia and reduced growth.^4,5 VAD is a major public health problem in parts of Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Western Pacific.^1,6 In Chuuk and Pohnpei, two of the four Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) (2000 population: 107,008), nutrition surveys during the early 1990s documented VAD prevalences among the highest in the world (CDC, unpublished data, 1991; U.S. Public Health Service, unpublished data, 1994). In response to these findings, . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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