Alimentary fortification using iron: DOI: 10.15343/0104-7809.200933.3.3
Iron deficiency is the most common and widely distributed nutritional clutter in the world, and it is a problem of public health indeveloping countries. Iron-deficiency is the result of negative balance of this mineral throughout time. Iron-deficiency anemia is the most serioustype of iron deficienc...
| Autores: | , , |
|---|---|
| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2009 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Institución: | Centro Universitário São Camilo |
| Repositorio: | O Mundo da Saúde (Online) |
| Idioma: | portugués |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs3.revistamundodasaude.emnuvens.com.br:article/669 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://revistamundodasaude.emnuvens.com.br/mundodasaude/article/view/669 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Anemia Ferropriva. Apoio Nutricional. Ferro na Dieta. Anemia, Iron-Deficiency. Nutritional Support. Iron, Dietary. |
| Sumario: | Iron deficiency is the most common and widely distributed nutritional clutter in the world, and it is a problem of public health indeveloping countries. Iron-deficiency is the result of negative balance of this mineral throughout time. Iron-deficiency anemia is the most serioustype of iron deficiency, occurring after a long period of deficiency of this element, when supplies had already been depleted and after thereduction of biochemical iron. Anemia is defined as a level of blood hemoglobin below -2DP for a population normal regarding other aspectsand with equal sex and age. The values that define anemia vary with physiological state, age, sex, pregnancy and altitude and are defined by theWorld Health Organization (OMS) as Hb <11g/dL for less than six-years old children and pregnant women; Hb < 11,5g/dL for children from 6 to11 years old, Hb < 12g/dL for children from 6 to 14 years and women; Hb < 12g/dL for women more than 15 years old, non pregnant womenand Hb < 13g/dL for adult men. Fortification must be an instrument for not only correct deficiencies but also to guarantee the population anadequate supply of micronutrients, especially for the pediatric group, in which necessities are relatively higher due to growth. On the importanceof this the World Bank mentioning food fortification as a strategy for combating micronutrient deficiency in the world, says that “no othertechnology offers a chance of improving lives for so low a cost and in so short a time span”. |
|---|