UPFRONT | News HEALTH Take 5 Vitamin Angels, Metagenics team up for child nutrition is the lowest cost, highest im-pact investment that can be made in the health of children worldwide. In 2013, contribu-tions from Metagenics’ Ome-gaGenics line of purity-guar-anteed omega formulas funded the efforts in provid-ing a year’s supply of vitamin A for 100,000 children – also establishing the goal for 2014 contributions. Last year, Vitamin Angels distributed nearly 200 mil-lion vitamins to 30 million children in about 45 coun-tries, including the United States. Improving children’s health with a sound nutri-tional foundation is where Vitamin Angels begins, but not where the benefits end, according to the organiza-tion. Better health can also lead to greater educational achievement and economic productivity, helping break the cycle of poverty and creating more promising futures. “Our focus is ensuring that children have the nu-tritional foundation in place so health is not a barrier to their overall suc-cess. With partners such as Metagenics, we are able to help bolster their nutri-tional status as a step to-ward removing a hurdle on the path to a healthy fu-ture,” said Howard B. Schiffer, president and founder of Vitamin Angels. “With the continued sup-port of our partners, we are one step closer to reaching our goal of serving 40 mil-lion children in 2014.” To learn more about how to support Vitamin Angels, visit www.vitaminangels.org. Aliso Viejo, Calif.-based Metagenics, Inc., a nutrig-enomics and lifestyle medi-cine company focused on improving health, has part-nered with Vitamin Angels in its efforts to help distrib-ute essential vitamins and minerals to 100,000 chil-dren worldwide. Vitamin Angels is a non-profit organization dedicated to distributing essential vita-mins and minerals to at-risk pregnant women, new mothers and children under five around the world. Through contributions from sales of its line of Omega-Genics formulas, Metagen-ics has committed to fund Vitamin Angels’ efforts to help 100,000 children. “Unfortunately, under-nutrition is the underlying cause in 45 per cent of deaths in children five and under,” said John Troup, chief science officer for Metagenics, Inc. “Our mission at Meta-genics is to help people of all ages achieve their best health possible. We are honored to continue our partnership with Vitamin Angels to address nutri-tional gaps to help these children and their commu-nities thrive.” Vitamin Angels maintains that vitamin supplementation 8 Canadian Chiropractor June 2014 NUMBER CRUNCHING Musculoskeletal disorder (MSD) is one of the top causes of global disability and among the highest contributors to the global burden of disease. Here’s a look at the Conference Board of Canada’s report on MSDs in the Canadian labour market. Minding MSDs percentage of Canadians who visited their physicians due to MSD BILLION estimated cost of MSDs to the Canadian economy 1 in 10 ratio of Canadians limited from normal activities due to repetitive strain injuries 215,000 number of Canadians living with rheumatoid arthritis www.canadianchiropractor.ca Illustration: Brian Fray; Photo credit: ©Matt Dayka/Vitamin Angels DR12 $20 25
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