Also, throughout this article, food rich in preformed vitamin
A is referred to as “retinol-rich food.” Note, however, that
preformed vitamin A in food occurs in the form of retinyl esters.
Anemic schoolchildren in West Java were randomly allocated to 1
of 4 treatment groups to receive meals containing 1) 650 retinol
equivalents (RE) from dark-green, leafy vegetables and carrots
(vegetable group); 2) 650 RE from orange fruit (fruit group); 3)
650 RE from retinol-rich food (retinol-rich group), or 4)