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Zinc Status and Food Intake

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Zinc in Human Biology

Part of the book series: ILSI Human Nutrition Reviews ((ILSI HUMAN))

Abstract

Zinc deficiency induces a complex of pathological signs in all animal species studied. Among them are reduced growth rate and food intake, alopecia, skin lesions including parakeratosis and hyperkeratinization, impaired skeletal development and abnormal gait and stance. Of these visual signs, decreased food consumption is one of the first, if not the first, to be exhibited as deficiency develops. Reduced food intake in turn has dramatic effects on many other physiological and biochemical parameters so that it is difficult to distinguish the effects of reduced food intake from those specific to zinc deficiency.

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  1. B. L. O’Dell
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  1. Rowett Research Institute, AB2 9SB, Bucksburn, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK

    Colin F. Mills MSc, PhD, CChem, FRSC, FRSE (Director of Postgraduate Studies) (Director of Postgraduate Studies)

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O’Dell, B.L., Reeves, P.G. (1989). Zinc Status and Food Intake. In: Mills, C.F. (eds) Zinc in Human Biology. ILSI Human Nutrition Reviews. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-3879-2_11

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