PPT Slide
- In 1976 the national Project of Micro-nutrients in Plants and Animals, concluded that the Egyptian soil was deficient in zinc.
- Analysis of food from both plant and animal origin revealed a state of low zinc content.
- No data is available about implementation of intervention measures or reevaluation of the situation since 1976.
- In 1995 the Project of Final Technical Development of Food Consumption Monitoring System in Egypt found that the mean zinc intake adequacy of school was less than 50% .