Workshop on food fortification held at BAU to combat malnutrition | News

BAU (Mymensingh), September 30, 2025 (BSS) - A workshop titled "Food Fortification in Bangladesh" was held today at Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU), focusing on strategies to combat malnutrition and produce nutrient-enriched foods. The event took place at 11:00am in the Faculty of Agriculture Conference Room and was jointly organized by the Professor Muhammad Hossain Central Laboratory (PMHCL) of BAU and the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN). Presenting the keynote paper, Dr. Mohammad Gulzarul Aziz highlighted the alarming state of nutrition among women and children in Bangladesh. "Deficiencies in essential nutrients such as vitamins, iron, zinc, and iodine remain widespread. Over 22% of children and women suffer from vitamin D deficiency, 44% of women from zinc deficiency, and 42% from...