What Are Micronutrients?

Vitamin and mineral deficiency (VMD) is common throughout the developing world and over two billion people currently lack the basic vitamins and minerals to prevent mental retardation, blindness, birth defects, childbirth deaths and compromised immune systems. The most common vitamins and mineral deficiencies include: iron, folic acid (a vitamin B complex), iodine, vitamin A, and zinc.

Click here to view a summary of these five micronutrients, why they are necessary, what health problems the deficiency causes, who it affects globally and the best sources of these micronutrients.