micronutrient

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Those interventions are treating malaria in pregnant women, giving iron and folic acid supplements to all women of reproductive age, and giving micronutrient supplements to pregnant women.

From Scientific American

"Since the composting and the growing plants share the same garden space, they create an easy-to-manage garden that uses less water, continually feeding the plants by adding micronutrients," explains Randaci.

From Salon

Their numbers mushroom out of control when there are excessive levels of micronutrients — particularly nitrogen and phosphorus — from fertilizer runoff.

From Washington Post

Eriko Hibi, director of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Liaison Office in Japan, called the shift a “triple burden” of health issues: undernutrition, micronutrient deficiencies and obesity.

From Seattle Times

Oats, for instance, are a glorious thing, packed with micronutrients, good fibre and more protein than most grains.

From The Guardian