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Health Nutrition Vitamins

Health nutrition vitamins concerns the role of vitamins as essential micronutrients in supporting health, preventing deficiency-related disease, and maintaining vital physiological processes. Vitamins, including A, the B group, C, D, E, and K, are required in small amounts for functions such as immune defence, metab…

Curated from this journal's research 📚 12 peer-reviewed articles cited Cited 125× across the literature 🔖 ISSN 2379-7835 🗓 Reviewed July 2026

Overview

Health nutrition vitamins concerns the role of vitamins as essential micronutrients in supporting health, preventing deficiency-related disease, and maintaining vital physiological processes. Vitamins, including A, the B group, C, D, E, and K, are required in small amounts for functions such as immune defence, metabolism, vision, and bone and tissue maintenance, and adequate intake depends on diet, food composition, and access to nutrient-rich foods. The study of vitamins within nutrition examines dietary sources, the consequences of inadequate intake, and the broader patterns and determinants of micronutrient nutrition across populations. Research relevant to this area examines childhood micronutrient deficiency and its relationship to household economic status, the improvement of micronutrient intake through consumption of underused plant foods, and complementary feeding recommendations and practices for young children. Studies also consider functional foods, balanced-diet frameworks such as the food pyramid, the epigenetic interaction between nutrition and gene expression, and the nutritional status and dietary diversity of vulnerable groups including pregnant women and young children. Further work addresses nutraceuticals and high-fat dietary approaches. By linking vitamin and micronutrient intake to nutritional status and health outcomes, this field informs dietary guidance, fortification, and interventions aimed at preventing deficiency and supporting the immune, metabolic, and developmental functions that depend on adequate micronutrient nutrition.

Research published in this journal

12 peer-reviewed articles, ranked by relevance. Each links to its DOI.

2019

Functional Food

Butnariu MonicaCorresponding author
Banat’s University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine “King Michael I of Romania” from Timisoara, Timis, Romania
International Journal of Nutrition Cited by 95 doi:10.14302/issn.2379-7835.ijn-19-2615
2015

Epigenetics and Nutrition

Lundstrom KennethCorresponding author
PanTherapeuitcs, Rue des Remparts 4, CH1095 Lutry, Switzerland
International Journal of Nutrition Cited by 2 doi:10.14302/issn.2379-7835.ijn-14-603
2020

Food Pyramid - The Principles of a Balanced Diet

BUTNARIU MonicaCorresponding author
Banat’s University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine “King Michael I of Romania” from Timisoara, Timis, Romania
International Journal of Nutrition Cited by 19 doi:10.14302/issn.2379-7835.ijn-20-3199
2024

A Study on Nutraceuticals

Bajaj ManyaCorresponding author
International Journal of Nutrition doi:10.14302/issn.2379-7835.ijn-24-4921

How this research is being cited

The 12 articles above have been cited 125 times in the scholarly literature. Citation data via OpenAlex and Crossref, updated Jun 2026.

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Editorial oversight

Curated from peer-reviewed research published in International Journal of Nutrition (ISSN 2379-7835).

Journal editorial board
Kadri Koppel · United States Alicja Kuban-Jankowska · Poland Luigia Pazzagli · Italy

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