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In the Gaza Strip, where \u223c1.4 million Palestinians reside, there are high prevalences of anemia and multiple micronutrient deficiencies (MNDs), including those of iron, zinc, vitamins A, B\n                    <jats:sub>12<\/jats:sub>\n                    , D, and E, ranging from 11.4% to 84.7% among pregnant women and 2.9% to 70.9% among preschool children. Dietary diversification and adequate food fortification are framed in policies but remain aspirational goals. Alternative, effective, targeted preventive approaches include, for women, replacement of antenatal iron-folic acid with multiple micronutrient supplementation, and for young children, point-of-use multiple micronutrient powder fortification to prevent anemia, both of which can reduce other MNDs and may bring additional health benefits. These interventions coupled with monitoring of dietary intakes, periodic assessment of MNDs, and implementation research to improve existing nutrition interventions are warranted to protect the health of the Middle East Palestinian diaspora.\n                  <\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1177\/0379572120967819","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2020,11,2]],"date-time":"2020-11-02T04:28:01Z","timestamp":1604291281000},"page":"503-511","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/sage-journals-update-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":20,"title":["Dietary Inadequacy, Micronutrient Deficiencies, and Approaches to Preventing Poor Nutrition in the Gaza Strip"],"prefix":"10.1177","volume":"41","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-6544-1622","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Masako","family":"Horino","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of International Health, Center for Human Nutrition and Sight and Life Global Nutrition Research Institute, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA"},{"name":"Department of Health, United Nations Relief and Works Agency for the Palestine Refugees in the Near East, Amman, Jordan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Lina","family":"Bahar","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Nutrition Surveillance and Studies Division, Ministry of Health, State of Palestine, West Bank, Palestinian Territory, occupied"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Ghada","family":"Al-Jadba","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Health, United Nations Relief and Works Agency for the Palestine Refugees in the Near East, Amman, Jordan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Rami","family":"Habash","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Health, United Nations Relief and Works Agency for the Palestine Refugees in the Near East, Amman, Jordan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Seita","family":"Akihiro","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Health, United Nations Relief and Works Agency for the Palestine Refugees in the Near East, Amman, Jordan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"suffix":"Jr","given":"Keith P.","family":"West","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of International Health, Center for Human Nutrition and Sight and Life Global Nutrition Research Institute, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"179","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2020,11,2]]},"reference":[{"key":"bibr1-0379572120967819","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/S0140-6736(18)32621-7"},{"key":"bibr2-0379572120967819","unstructured":"United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East. 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