Adequate and Quality Nutrients are Essential for Optimal Human Health

E-mail: hpssachdev@gmail.com Presentation Format • Measuring “Hidden-Hunger” Principles & Indian norms Appropriate measures ? “One-size-fits-all” cut-off ? • Functional benefits • “Invisible” harms • Practice & policy implications Measuring risk of nutrient deficiency in populations A plot of minimum intakes vs requirements in a normal population Normal healthy  population Distribution and M. [...] Kurpad Nutrient requirement of population NIN-ICMR Indian Requirements 2020 have EAR Presentation Format •Measuring “Hidden-Hunger” Principles & Indian norms Appropriate measures ? “One-size-fits-all” cut-off ? •Functional benefits •“Invisible” harms •Practice & policy implications Crude Methods and Non-Representative Samples Extrapolated • Dated: ~Decade or more • NNMB: Underprivileged mostly. [...] Ann NY Acad Sci 2019;1450:172 Presentation Format •Measuring “Hidden-Hunger” Principles & Indian norms Appropriate measures ? “One-size-fits-all” cut-off ? •Functional benefits •“Invisible” harms •Practice & policy implications Comparison of Indian vs WHO cut‐offs CNNS Healthy Subjects Serum Zinc Thresholds (2.5th Cen) • 10‐18 µg/dl lower  than IZiNCG cut‐offs • Deficiency prevalence  2.7 (<10 . [...] Eur J Clin Nutr 2022 Presentation Format •Measuring “Hidden-Hunger” Principles & Indian norms Appropriate measures ? “One-size-fits-all” cut-off ? •Functional benefits •“Invisible” harms •Practice & policy implications Intervention Benefit: Biomarker Elevation Alone? Vit. [...] Eur J Clin Nutr 2019;73:816 Presentation Format •Measuring “Hidden-Hunger” Principles & Indian norms Appropriate measures ? “One-size-fits-all” cut-off ? •Functional benefits •“Invisible” harms •Practice & policy implications Iodine Fortification and Hypothyroidism Iron Excess and NCD Risk Ferritin & diabetes in prospective data J Clin Endocrinol Metab.