Field Story
How nutrition can help children reach their education potential
August 23, 2021
In the Copenhagen Consensus, 2008, a group of world‐renowned economists ranked food fortification with iron and iodine as a top public health intervention priority for countries using benefit‐cost analysis. This Best Practice Paper discusses challenges that increase the risk of iron and iodine deficiencies in populations, describes key components for implementing sustainable national fortification programs, provides a detailed economic analysis of fortification and discusses implications of the analysis.