1975
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.1975.tb03640.x
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Nutrition in the Australian Aborigines—Effects of the fortification of white flour

Abstract: The nutritional status of 66 part Aborginines was re-examined in 1974--with particular reference to blood levels of haemoglobin and vitamins--after white bread fortified with iron and the vitamins B1 and PP (niacin) had been available for six and half months to the population of Bourke, New South Wales. The results found in 1971 and 1974 are compared. A significant improvement from deficient to acceptable blood levels of vitamins B1 and B6 was found in 44% and 52% of the subjects respectively. This attribut… Show more

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“…Notably, in eight of the countries, the recommended Fe compounds ( 8 ) were used. The post-fortification measurement was conducted as early as 6·5 months after fortification began in one Australian study ( 9 ) and as late as 8 years after fortification began in Bushehr province in Iran ( 10 ) . A total of twenty-three subgroup analyses were reported.…”
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“…Notably, in eight of the countries, the recommended Fe compounds ( 8 ) were used. The post-fortification measurement was conducted as early as 6·5 months after fortification began in one Australian study ( 9 ) and as late as 8 years after fortification began in Bushehr province in Iran ( 10 ) . A total of twenty-three subgroup analyses were reported.…”
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“…The local baker had a low tolerance for this controversy and stopped fortifying his bread. However, re‐examination of the Aboriginal people previously tested showed significant improvement in the blood levels of those vitamins added to the bread 6 . At the same time, blood levels of vitamins not added to the bread remained unchanged or worsened.…”
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“…At the same time, blood levels of vitamins not added to the bread remained unchanged or worsened. In addition, physical signs of B‐group deficiency had virtually disappeared 6 . An editorial in the Lancet pointed out that this was one of the few studies that provided objective evidence for the benefits of fortification in nutritionally compromised communities 7 .…”
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