Zinc is one of the most abundant micronutrients in the human body, found in all tissues and playing an important role in vital structural, regulatory, hormonal and catalytic functions. Zinc deficiency is a major public health problem that affects almost one fifth of the world's p...
Open access
Research Article10.9734/acri/2024/v24i10928
Adolescence is a period of growth and physical and emotional development for which, among other factors, it is necessary to ingest nutrients in sufficient quantity and quality to supply all the demands of the organism. As it is a phase of nutritional vulnerability, adolescents ne...
Open access
Research Article10.9734/ejnfs/2020/v12i1030305
Nutrition is an act of fundamental survival in the human being's relational process with the environment. It is, instinctive in the first weeks of life and then becomes a learned behavior that counts on the participation of all organs and senses. The child needs nutrients in adeq...
Open access
Research Article10.9734/acri/2020/v20i330184
Adolescence is characterized by a period of physical, emotional, social and cultural transformations, significant increase in size and changes in physical appearance. At this stage of life the individual is very susceptible to influences of the environment, nutrition, climate, in...
Open access
Research Article10.9734/acri/2019/v19i430163