Siz Education | Why The Deffeciency Of Iron Is More In These Days

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I hope u all are well and fine today i am telling about the iron and its deficiency cause and its prevention.

Iron

It is a mineral which is very necessary for blood formation. In blood found Hemoglobin which is made by iron.

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Approximately 70% iron present in red Blood cells

Deffeciency in Children and pregnant women

Iron Deffeciency name is Anemia to be the most
common nutritional deficiency worldwide. It has shown to distress a larger segment of global population resulting in substantial health and economic loss. Iron deficiency anemia leads to innumerable mortalities, maternal hemorrhage, reduced school performance and decreased
productivity in vulnerable populations and is more damaging during pregnancy especially in the countries of under developed world. 5 Complications in pregnancy among anemic mothers result in mortality and morbidity with low birth weight, leading to increased infant mortality rate. children <5 years of age and pregnant women, non-pregnant women and men are 11, 12 and 13 g/dL respectively. Considering hemoglobin level as a standard for IDA, 7-10.9 and <7 g/dL Hb represent moderate and severe anemia respectively.Iron deficiency anemia affects nearly 700 to 800 million people worldwide and severely distress 60 to 70 million people in resource constrained countries.

Similarly, 56% of pregnant women in developing countries are anemic. South Asia and Africa are the most vulnerable regions showing the highest prevalence (40%) of ID in all age groups except for adult males and pregnant women. Around 65% of pregnant women in
South Asia suffer from IDA and in Indian subcontinent alone the rate of developing IDA during pregnancy is 88%.

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Iron Deffeciency In Adults In Pakistan

Growth retardation, impaired cognition and reduced physical activity have been widely reported in Pakistani children.Approximately 39% of adolescents, 30% boys and 54% girls,32 47% of the children, 30% of the adult females,34 40-50 % of preschool and primary school children,35 and 69% children <2 years,29 were reported to be affected by IDA in Pakistan. According to a World Health Organization surveys, IDA was shown to be a sever public health problem in pre-school children followed by pregnant and non-pregnant women of
reproductive age in Pakistan (WHO, 2008).

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Prevention From Anemia

Fortification

During the last decade, a growing concern was raised on malnutrition and a wave of awareness spurred among the policy makers to tackle this issue with grave seriousness. Resultantly, international organizations had to take a
plunge to redress the losses associated with
malnutrition.

World Health Organization has recommended basic approaches for the prevention and control of ID which include dietary change to
increase iron intake, supplementation, food fortification and the control of infection.
Approximately, 540 million people gained access to fortified flour in 2007.
increase of 9% in wheat flour fortification with twenty one countries practicing mandatory wheat flour fortification. Because wheat is staple food in Pakistan so world food organization decided mix iron in wheat flour to prevent the deficiency of iron.

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