Open Access<p>The Effect of a Date Consumption-Based Nutritional Program on Iron Deficiency Anemia in Primary School Girls Aged 8 to 10 Years Old in Zahedan (Iran)</p>
Author(s) -
Farahnaz Irandegani,
Azizollah Arbabisarjou,
Fereshteh Ghaljaei,
Ali Navidian,
Mansour Karajibani
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
pediatric health, medicine and therapeutics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1179-9927
DOI - 10.2147/phmt.s225816
Subject(s) - girl , hemoglobin , hematocrit , anemia , medicine , cluster sampling , pediatrics , iron deficiency anemia , ferritin , nutrition education , iron deficiency , population , zoology , environmental health , gerontology , psychology , biology , developmental psychology
Iron deficiency anemia (IDA) is one of the most common nutritional problems in students. The best and most cost-effective ways to prevent IDA are changes in people's dietary habits and their nutrition education. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of nutritional program based on dates consumption on IDA in primary schoolgirls.