A comprehensive nutrient gap assessment

Highlights

To better understand micronutrient gaps during the complementary feeding period in Southeast Asia, complementary foods in seven countries in the region were analyzed: Cambodia, Indonesia, the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand and Viet Nam. The objective of this analysis was to

1. Estimate micronutrient gaps in the diets of older infants and young children aged 6–23 months
2. Establish the certainty of available evidence for each gap.  

Micronutrients assessed in this analysis included those commonly lacking in the diets of older infants and young children aged 6–23 months: iron, vitamin A, zinc, calcium, iodine, vitamin B1 [thiamine], niacin, vitamin B12, vitamin B6, folate, vitamin C and vitamin D3.