Iron deficiency anaemias
Name(s):
Lack of dietary iron
Inadequate intake of iron
Plummer-Vinson syndrome
Iron deficiency anaemia
Nature
Iron deficiency anaemia causes a chronic form of morbidity which affects work capacity and general vigour.
Incidence
More than 2.2 billion people are deficient in iron, most of them women and children. Most are in developing countries, but the total includes 14 million in the USA and an estimated one million in Australia. Half the women in developing countries are anaemic. The body's iron reserves may be chronically depleted by repeated close pregnancies, especially in women who eat little or no red meat.
Claim
The learning capacity of mildly iron-deficient girls shows an improvement with iron supplements.
Broader
Narrower
Reduced by
Strategy(ies)
Value(s)
Type
(E) Emanations of other problems