..., iron, calcium, and -others – increase in adolescence to support adequate growth and development. In settings where dietary intakes are suboptimal, anemia and micronutrient deficiencies are high. Endocrine factors are essential for promoting normal adolescent growth and are sensitive to undernutrition...

... by iron overload and infection and/or inflammation. The latter mechanism explains the etiology of the anemia of chronic infection. Pharmaceutical companies are actively developing hepcidin agonists and antagonists to combat iron overload and anemia, respectively. In a global health context the discovery...

...Leila M. Larson; Kamija S. Phiri; Sant-Rayn Pasricha The theoretical irreversible damage that iron deficiency and iron deficiency anemia can exert on child development makes a compelling argument for action to alleviate the burden. However, a critical analysis of evidence from iron interventions...

...Ursula Viana Bagni; Edna Massae Yokoo; Gloria Valeria da Veiga Aims: The association between the intake of iron, vitamins A and C and calcium and the prevalence of anemia and hemoglobin (Hb) levels was investigated in adolescents. Methods: A cross-sectional study was developed with 529 Brazilian...

... and 6,616 adolescents for hemoglobin, and 28,437 school-age children for iodine deficiency disorders. Results: The prevalence of Bitot's spots was 0.8% (CI = 0.6-0.9) and anemia among preschool children and adolescents was 67% (CI = 64.4-69.5) and 69% (CI = 67.0-71.4), respectively. The prevalence of total...

...Irwin H. Rosenberg In the 1930s, Lucy Wills identified a ‘new hemopoietic factor’ in yeast and liver which cured tropical macrocytic anemia in humans and experimental anemia in monkeys. Janet Watson and William B. Castle named the unknown substance, which would ultimately become a form of folate...

...Nils Milman Iron deficiency and iron deficiency anemia (IDA) during pregnancy are risk factors for preterm delivery, prematurity, and small for gestational age birth weight. Iron deficiency has a negative effect on intelligence and behavioral development in the infant. It is essential to prevent...

... to in the content or advertisements. Copper deficiency Hypocupremia Gastrojejunal bypass surgery Anemia Myeloneuropathy 30 04 2010 10 09 2010 18 11 2010 Case Report Ann Nutr Metab 2010;57:190 192 DOI: 10.1159/000321519 Received: April 30, 2010 Accepted after revision: September 9...

..., albumin, transferrin and prealbumin) have shown the absence of protein malnutrition and the evidence of problems of overweight, whatever the criterion used (body mass index or relative weight). There were no differences according to the residence. Anemia (defined by WHO references) was observed in 28...

...L. Mashako; P. Preziosi; C. Nsibu; P. Galán; C. Kapongo; Potier de Courcy; T. Nsaka; S. Hercberg An evaluation of iron and folate status was carried out on 166 Zairian pregnant women from Kinshasa at delivery and in cord blood from their newborns. Anemia, defined as a low hematocrit value ( < 33...

.... Basel 0250-6807/91/0352-011I$2.75/0 Reduced Cortisol Secretion in Patients with Iron Deficiency Mario J.A. Saad, Samira L. Morais, Sara T O. Saacl Department of Clinical Medicine, UNICAMP. State University of Campinas. Brazil Key Words. Anemia Cortisol secretion Iron deficiency Abstract. The iron...

... by physical signs. Anemia and vitamin deficiencies were present in some of the patients. This study signifies that intensive nutritional management should be done to combat hospital malnutrition. 25 04 1977 16 11 1978 18 11 2008 Nutr. Metab. 24: 23-31 (1980) Assessment of Nutritional...

...Salvador Villalpando; Ana Beatriz Pérez-Expósito; Teresa Shamah-Levy; Juan A. Rivera Background: This investigation aims to explore the association among anemia and vitamins A, C, and folate deficiencies in a probabilistic sample of Mexican children. Methods: Data on hemoglobin, serum vitamins...

...Esther Casanueva; Frania Pfeffer; Alejandra Drijanski; Ana Cecilia Fernández-Gaxiola; Verónica Gutiérrez-Valenzuela; Stephen J. Rothenberg Background: A lack of information about the role that iron and folate stores (erythrocyte folate) play on the anemia incidence in pregnant women. Objective...