Open AccessEvaluation of promotion of iron-rich foods for the prevention of nutritional anemia in India
Author(s) -
Taneja Dk,
K Sanjay,
Kapil Yadav
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
indian journal of public health/indian journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.381
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 2229-7693
pISSN - 0019-557X
DOI - 10.4103/ijph.ijph_65_20
Subject(s) - anemia , environmental health , medicine , toxicology , leafy vegetables , consumption (sociology) , iron deficiency , food science , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , social science , sociology
Nutritional anemia due to iron deficiency is the most common cause of anemia in India. The average diet in India is low in iron and mostly of vegetable origin. This can be improved by increasing awareness of foodstuffs that are rich in iron and ensuring their availability.