Control of Nutritional Anaemia with Special Reference to Iron Deficiency
İÇİNDEKİLERCONTENTS 1. Introduction............................ 2. Deleterious effects of anaemia and of nutritional iron and folate deficiency 2.1 Pregnancy .......................... 2.2 Anaemia and work capacity................... 2.3 Resistance to infection..................... 3. Recent scientific advances in the field of iron and folate nutrition..... 3.1 Iron balance and its assessment................. 3.2 Techniques for measuring absorption of iron from whole diets . . . 3.3 Folate balance and its assessment................ 3.4 Folate content of the diet and its absorption........... 3.5 Prevalence of folate deficiency anaemia.............. 4. Supplementation.......................... 4.1 Therapeutic supplementation.................. 4.2 Prophylactic supplementation.................. 5. Fortification............................ 5.1 Iron............................. 5.1.1 Forms of iron for fortification.............. 5.1.2 Vehicles for iron fortification............... 5.1.3 Absorption promoters.................. 5.1.4 Predicting the effectiveness of fortification......... 5.2 Folate.......... .................. 6. A scheme of action for combating nutritional anaemia......... 6.1 Definition of the problem.................... 6.1.1 Determining the status of the population......... 6.1.2 Setting the goals.................... 6.2 Areas with a high prevalence of anaemia............. 6.2.1 Pilot therapeutic supplementation trial.......... 6.2.2 Field therapeutic supplementation trials.......... 6.2.3 National therapeutic supplementation programme..... 6.3 Areas with a moderate prevalence of anaemia........... 6.3.1 Pilot prophylactic supplementation trial.......... 6.3.2 Fortification or supplementation ?............ 6.3.3 Choice of additive and vehicle for fortification, simulated fortification trial.................... 6.3.4 Fortification trial.................... 6.3.5 National fortification programme............. 6.3.6 Field prophylactic supplementation trial.......... 6.3.7 National prophylactic supplementation programme..... 7. Recommendations......................... 7.1 Methodology......................... 7.2 Detrimental effects of nutritional anaemia and nutritional deficiencies 7.3 Availability of iron from different diets.............. 7.4 Prevalence of nutritional anaemia and deficiency of haematopoietic nutrients........................... 7.5 Supplementation....................... 7.6 Fortification with iron..................... 7.7 Fortification with folate................... . 7.8 Education and training..................... 7.9 International cooperation.................... Annex 1. List of participants..................... Annex 2. The absorption of iron from whole meals of different types as measured by radioactive iron studies.............. Annex 3. Iron compounds for use in iron fortification........... References..............................  |
