3. Micronutrient fortification (iron and salt iodization)

I'm not being defensive.

All scientific studies of such interventions prove that fortification of basic foodstuffs works.

Italians have abandoned their defensive tactics.

The Portuguese formed a defensive square.

UNICEF is working closely with private sector partners, the Flour Fortification Initiative, the Micronutrient Initiative, the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition and the Asian Development Bank, in efforts including food fortification testing in China and Viet Nam.

Interest has increased in weekly supplementation for adolescent girls and in the fortification of flour.

Our interactions with Muslims may be unconsciously influenced by this defensive reflex, and that may encourage equally defensive attitudes on their part.

Yes, civilization seems to be on the defensive.

This defensive view of transatlantic relations is problematic.

Overall, we can typically best help through direct interventions, including micronutrient supplements, fortification, biofortification, and nutritional promotion.

The equation is straightforward 160 million for fortification programs could improve the health of one billion people.

Food fortification and iron supplementation are widely ranked among the most cost effective interventions for poverty reduction.

(If an earlier fortification did exist, it must have been constructed using less durable materials such as mud.

The homeland war was a defensive, just and legitimate war.

In the meantime, a somewhat conservative and defensive posture is warranted.

They have shifted from defensive to offensive Iraqi led security initiatives.

Supplementation programs costs 4,300 for every life they save in India, whereas fortification programs cost about 2,700 for each life saved.

For example in Merida, in the city where I was born, we have the Alcazaba Arabe, an Arabic fortification, Parejo says.

But when it comes to specifics, the familiar, defensive positions take over.

In particular, governments must invest in nutrition through budgets, introduce mandatory fortification of staple foods, curb junk food, and improve quality control.

These include Control of Iodine Deficiency Disorder through universalising Iodized Salt Control of Iron Deficiency through Flour Fortification with iron Vitamin A Fortification of edible oil ghee and Vitamin A Supplementation for children from 6 months to five years of age as a regular part of National Immunization Days (NIDS and Sub NIDS).

But power generates opposition, and Germany s alarmed neighbors began to form defensive alliances.

Nor will defensive measures like constructing electronic firewalls and creating redundancies in sensitive systems.

The nationalist impulse can be aggressive or defensive, directed against others or inward looking.

At the same time, the forces were modernized and reoriented towards a defensive posture.

The principle of international solidarity and co operation must also apply to defensive measures.

Supplementation programs costs 4,300 for every life they save in India, whereas fortification programs cost about 2,700 for each life saved. Both are great deals.

He decided upon a full scholarship from the University of Miami to play defensive tackle.

Firstly, the concealment of the MOTAPM, as a major defensive weapon, has important military significance.

Others looked at crimes against Palestinians in the wake of our self defensive War of Independence.

The early Roman army was tactically limited and its stance during this period was essentially defensive.

MOTAPM with anti handling devices (AHD) are a defensive weapon permissible according to international humanitarian law.

It led to a significant increase in tensions, with the Forces nouvelles reinforcing their defensive positions.

In its latest statement, Greenpeace says that golden rice is neither needed nor necessary, and calls instead for supplementation and fortification, which are described as cost effective.

Indeed, the threat of human rights litigation has made providers of public services overly cautious and defensive.

And, in the end, this focus on the defensive side of trade liberalization makes negotiations more difficult.

Their voices often reframe the terms of social policy debate and put the CCP on the defensive.

As for climate change, the positions of the emerging economies were until mid 2009 negative or defensive.

It was destroyed in 2002 when the city was reconquered by Israeli forces in Operation Defensive Shield.

We remain committed to ensuring the highest standards of responsibility in the use of these defensive weapons.

From 1996 to 2000, this Commission implemented three major intervention strategies targeting children and pregnant women vitamin A and iron supplementation, fortification of food products and dietary diversification

China then embarked on coercive diplomacy, withdrawing its troops only after India destroyed a defensive line of fortifications.

As the economy struggled, optimism gave way to a more defensive and insular view that values self reliance.

At the same time, though, there is no hesitation about waging a tough defensive war against Palestinian terrorism.