disorders of nutrition
Vitamin A Deficiency
Prevention ofVitamin ADeficiency
To help preventvitamin Adeficiency, people should eat dark green leafy vegetables, yellow and orange fruits (such as papayas and oranges), carrots, and yellow vegetables (such as squash and pumpkin). Other food sources include milk and cereals that are fortified withvitamin A, liver, egg yolks, and fish liver oils. The carotenoids that give fruits and vegetables their yellow, orange, or red color and that are converted tovitamin Ain the body, are best absorbed from cooked or homogenized vegetables served with some fat or oil. Children who live in countries with high rates of food insecurity and are at risk ofvitamin Adeficiency should takevitamin Asupplements. 