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Prevention of Iron Deficiency

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It is well known that lack of iron is the most common nutritional deficiency in the world, especially in developing countries. Its highest prevalence is observed in women during their reproductive life, and also in infants, children, and even in adolescents. The deficiency is produced when there is an imbalance between the iron absorbed from food and that eliminated in the shedding of epithelium, the formation of new tissue, the loss in menstrual blood, and the fetus’s need for iron during gestation. Additional iron loss is caused in developing countries by hookworm, trichuris, and Schistosoma haematobium infections. Consequently, the frequency and severity of iron deficiency are more evident in populations where those infections prevail.

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    Nevin S. Scrimshaw (Institute Professor, Director, Senior Adviser) (Institute Professor, Director, Senior Adviser)

  2. MIT/Harvard International Food and Nutrition Program, USA

    Nevin S. Scrimshaw (Institute Professor, Director, Senior Adviser) & Mitchel B. Wallerstein (Associate Director, Lecturer) (Institute Professor, Director, Senior Adviser) &  (Associate Director, Lecturer)

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Layrisse, M. (1982). Prevention of Iron Deficiency. In: Scrimshaw, N.S., Wallerstein, M.B. (eds) Nutrition Policy Implementation. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-4091-1_6

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