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Becky L Tsang

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Adams K, Engle-Stone R, Wibberley B, Tsang B, Tarini A, Beye M, et al.
BMJ Public Health . 2025 Jan; 2(2):e001221. PMID: 39822945
Introduction: Micronutrient deficiencies are common among women of reproductive age (WRA) and children in Senegal. Large-scale food fortification (LSFF) can help fill gaps in dietary intakes. Methods: We used household...
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Wessells K, Manger M, Tsang B, Brown K, McDonald C
Nat Food . 2024 Jun; 5(7):625-637. PMID: 38898330
Large-scale food fortification (LSFF) can increase dietary micronutrient intake and improve micronutrient status. Here we used food balance sheet data from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations...
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Tsang B, Deshpande S, Varghese M, Jain S, de Romana D, Chadha M
Matern Child Nutr . 2024 Jun; :e13646. PMID: 38840449
Double fortified salt (DFS; with iron and iodine) was introduced in social safety net programmes (SSNPs) in Madhya Pradesh (MP) and Gujarat states in 2018. Nutrition International (NI) provided critical...
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Tsang B, Stadnik C, Duong M, Pachon H, Martinez H
Nutrients . 2024 May; 16(9). PMID: 38732559
(1) Background: Fortifying maize and wheat flours with folic acid has effectively reduced neural tube defect-affected births. However, maize and wheat flours may not be widely consumed in all countries;...
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Pyo E, Tsang B, Parker M
Nutr Rev . 2022 Feb; 80(5):1062-1085. PMID: 35146517
Context: Previous reviews have focused on evaluating the efficacy and effectiveness of rice fortification, despite the need to also understand the outcomes of micronutrient retention, organoleptic properties, and acceptability to...
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Tsang B, Holsted E, McDonald C, Brown K, Black R, Mbuya M, et al.
Adv Nutr . 2021 Jun; 12(5):1821-1837. PMID: 34167148
Seventeen per cent of the world's population is estimated to be at risk of inadequate zinc intake, which could in part be addressed by zinc fortification of widely consumed foods....
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Teachout E, Rowe L, Pachon H, Tsang B, Yeung L, Rosenthal J, et al.
Glob Health Sci Pract . 2021 May; 9(2):412-421. PMID: 34038381
Food fortification has proven to be an effective approach for preventing micronutrient deficiencies in many settings. Factors that lead to successful fortification programs are well established. However, due to the...
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Houston R, Tsang B, Gorstein J
J Nutr . 2021 Feb; 151(Suppl 1):1S-2S. PMID: 33582780
The addition of iodine to edible salt has been one of the most important public health successes of the past half century, enabling most countries to achieve optimal iodine intake...
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Pachon H, Reynolds B, Duong M, Tsang B, Childs L, Luthringer C, et al.
Nutrients . 2021 Feb; 13(2). PMID: 33572488
Food fortification is designed to improve the nutritional profile of diets. The purpose of this research was to estimate the potential nutrient contribution of fortified maize flour, oil, rice, salt,...
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Imhoff-Kunsch B, Shakya I, Namohunu S, Pitaboe A, Wong P, Tsang B, et al.
Food Nutr Bull . 2019 Jan; 40(1):71-86. PMID: 30606057
Background: Solomon Islands (SI) mandated wheat flour fortification in 2010. Rice is a key staple food in SI, and its fortification may provide an opportunity to deliver additional micronutrients to...