Day 1 :
Keynote Forum
Meryem Lazrak
Université Ibn Tofail-CNESTEN
Keynote: Micronutrient malnutrition: fortification of wheat flour with NaFeEDTA iron to fight iron deficiency
Time : 10:00- 10:30 AM
Biography:
Meryem Lazrak PhD student, 30 years, from ibn tofail University- CNESTEN, Joint Research Unit in Nutrition and Food URAC 39, RDC-Nutrition AFRA/IAEA. She has published one paper: The opposing effects of acute inflammation and iron deficiency anemia on serum hepcidin and iron absorption in young women in Haematologica journal and a second paper during the correction. Oral presentation on effect of consumption of green tea and white bread on the bioavailability of iron NaFeEDTA in Moroccan breastfeeding women at the 19th world congress on nutrition and food chemistry, September 26, 2020 webinar.
Abstract:
Micronutrient malnutrition affects more than half of the world population. Concerted international and national fortification efforts to combat micronutrient malnutrition are having a positive impact Globally, the three most common forms of micronutrient malnutrition are iron, vitamin A and iodine deficiencies. Together, they affect at least a third of the world's population, mostly in developing countries. Iron deficiency is the most prevalent. It is estimated that a little over two billion people are anemic In Morocco, 32.6% women of RA and 37.2% of pregnant women are anemic, as well as 31.5% of children aged 6 months to 5 years suffer from iron deficiency (ID).