objective while the effects of folic acid are well established in prevention of neural tube defects (ntds), these diseases have a high prevalence in iran. in order to encourage folic acid supplement use in pregnancy, it is important to promote the awareness of women of childbearing age regarding folic acid importance in preventing ntds. the aim of the present study was to study the knowledge an...

Iron deficiency is still the world’s most common nutritional deficiency, and generally, iron deficiency anemia is the most prevalent form of anemia. The major risk groups for iron deficiency include women of childbearing age, pregnant women, and lactating postpartumwomen. There exist plenty of studies attending and reconfirming this important issue. To combat this problem, different food iron f...

The potential impact of wheat flour fortification with iron and folic acid was assessed using data about food purchases from the nationally representative 2000 Guatemalan Living Standards Measurement Survey. Of 7265 households, 35% were indigenous and 57% rural; 11% were extremely poor, 35% were poor, and 54% were nonpoor. The percentage of households that purchased wheat flour, sweet bread, Fr...

Tests of iron and folate nutrition have been carried out in early pregnancy and at delivery in 63 Bantu females. Accepted normal values for serum iron, and percentage saturation of transferrin, but not for unsaturated iron-binding capacity, for non-pregnant subjects were found to apply equally well in pregnancy. Concomitant folate deficiency in early pregnancy did not render tests of iron defic...

The purpose of this study was to obtain detailed data on the dietary intake of energy, macronutrients, and micronutrients, especially minerals and vitamins, of healthy free-living people over the age of 70 in Japan and to clarify the correlations among nutrient intakes. The survey was conducted in November 2001 for 57 persons (men: 31, women: 26) aged 74 y (born in 1927) living in Niigata City,...

erythropoiesis. A study done by Suharno, et al. showed that maximum Hb concentration was achieved by supplementation of both iron and vitamin A compared with iron alone. Enhanced iron absorption has been observed for diets in a food enrichment programme containing vitamin A. Vitamin A deficiency and IDA are common in adolescent girls in India. There is a need to undertake large scale studies to...

BACKGROUND Daily oral iron supplementation during pregnancy fails to reduce the prevalence of anemia. However, 2 or 3 intramuscular doses of iron given at monthly intervals were recently found to be effective. OBJECTIVE We compared the safety and efficacy in treating pregnancy anemia of 3 intramuscular doses of iron given at monthly intervals with those of daily oral iron supplementation. D...

Urinary excretion of urocanic acid and formimino-glutamic acid in abnormal amounts following oral doses of histidine has been observed not only in most cases of megaloblastic anaemia, but in iron-deficiency anaemia, haemolytic anaemia, and neoplastic disease. The urinary excretion of these substances is increased in those disease states in which an abnormally rapid rate of removal from the plas...

4. Blood samples were assessed for haemoglobin and haematocrit values. 5 . Calorie, protein and folic acid intakes were low for all age groups; iron and ascorbic acid intakes were adequate. 6. There was no incidence of severe anaemia. Only 10 yo of all the eighty-eight children had a haemoglobin concentration below acceptable levels and only about 8 % of all the eighty-eight children had haemat...