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The present article aims to an analysis of related documents to the existing policies on this vitamin in our country.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Materials and Methods:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>This study is a descriptive study using a quantitative content analysis approach to analyze nutritional policy documents.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>We extracted six themes at the first stage of analysis (based on common policies in the world), which were reduced to two final themes: \u201cDirect interventions\u201d and \u201cIndirect interventions.\u201d There were also six subthemes and eight issues.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>It seems that 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