Dietary deficiencies in developing countries can be combated by promoting better eating practices. Supplementation with vitamin A and/or zinc. Zinc supplementation proved successful showing a significant decrease in the incidence of diarrheal disease compared to a control group. The majority of the literature suggests that vitamin A supplementation is advantageous in reducing disease incidence. Development of a supplementation strategy should take into consideration the fact that vitamin A supplementation was less effective in reducing diarrhea incidence when compared to vitamin A and zinc supplementation, and that the latter strategy was estimated to be significantly more cost effective. COUNT 3
QSN1 What can be done to combate dietary deficiences? ANS1 promoting better eating practices QSN2 What has been used and shown successful in a decrease in incidence of diarrheal disease? ANS2 Zinc QSN3 WHat strategy was found out to be more cost effective? ANS3 zinc supplementation