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Vitamin Deficiency
Vitamin Deficiency (Human Nutrition · Introduction) — "Vitamins are obtained from the different types of foods that we consume. If a diet is lacking a certain…
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- Vitamin A deficiency in Pohnpei is linked to dietary change and can be reduced through local food consumption.
- Vitamins are obtained from the different types of foods people consume.
- A diet lacking a certain nutrient can cause a vitamin deficiency.
- Pohnpei’s traditional diet included bananas, papaya, mango, pineapple, coconut, and seafood.
- Dietary patterns shifted from fresh foods to processed and refined foods.
- This dietary shift has contributed to many health concerns on the island.
- A Department of Health study examined vitamin A deficiency among young children in Pohnpei.
- Vitamin A deficiency affected 53 percent of children aged 2–5.
- The Island Food Community of Pohnpei promotes increased consumption of local karat bananas.
- Karat bananas are rich in beta-carotene, a source of vitamin A.
- Increasing karat banana consumption is expected to decrease vitamin A deficiency in Pohnpei.
