Effects on diet in improving the iron status of women: what role for food-based interventions?
Iron deficiency anemia (IDA) affects more than 3.5 people in the developing world. More than half of pregnant women (56 percent) and 44 percent of nonpregnant women are anemic (ACC/SCN 2000). IDA contributes to approximately 20 percent of maternal deaths in Africa and Asia (Ross and Thomas 1996). In...
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| author | Bouis, Howarth E. Bhargava, Alok Scrimshaw, Nevin |
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| description | Iron deficiency anemia (IDA) affects more than 3.5 people in the developing world. More than half of pregnant women (56 percent) and 44 percent of nonpregnant women are anemic (ACC/SCN 2000). IDA contributes to approximately 20 percent of maternal deaths in Africa and Asia (Ross and Thomas 1996). In Africa alone, some 20,000 maternal deaths per year could be prevented with anemia treatment. Poor diet quality and low bioavailability of dietary iron are important factors contributing to iron deficiency anemia (IDA), so one proposed solution to IDA consists of food-based interventions designed to improve people’s diets. Yet little has been known about the magnitude of the effects of various components of the diet in reducing IDA under actual living conditions in rural areas. Can food-based interventions be successful in reducing IDA? Will such interventions be cost-effective compared with alternative interventions such as supplementation? |
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| spelling | CGSpace1575062025-04-08T18:33:50Z Effects on diet in improving the iron status of women: what role for food-based interventions? Bouis, Howarth E. Bhargava, Alok Scrimshaw, Nevin property women gender developing countries economic theories household budget household consumption nutrition farming systems legal system policies education health empowerment agricultural technology agricultural growth child care property rights natural resources management agricultural policies technology transfer drought vegetables fisheries children Iron deficiency anemia (IDA) affects more than 3.5 people in the developing world. More than half of pregnant women (56 percent) and 44 percent of nonpregnant women are anemic (ACC/SCN 2000). IDA contributes to approximately 20 percent of maternal deaths in Africa and Asia (Ross and Thomas 1996). In Africa alone, some 20,000 maternal deaths per year could be prevented with anemia treatment. Poor diet quality and low bioavailability of dietary iron are important factors contributing to iron deficiency anemia (IDA), so one proposed solution to IDA consists of food-based interventions designed to improve people’s diets. Yet little has been known about the magnitude of the effects of various components of the diet in reducing IDA under actual living conditions in rural areas. Can food-based interventions be successful in reducing IDA? Will such interventions be cost-effective compared with alternative interventions such as supplementation? 2003 2024-10-24T12:50:22Z 2024-10-24T12:50:22Z Book Chapter https://hdl.handle.net/10568/157506 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Bouis, Howarth E.; Bhargava, Alok; Scrimshaw, Nevin S. 2003. Effects on diet in improving the iron status of women: what role for food-based interventions? In Household decisions, gender, and development: a synthesis of recent research. Quisumbing, Agnes R., ed. Chapter 11. Pp. 79-84. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/157506 |
| spellingShingle | property women gender developing countries economic theories household budget household consumption nutrition farming systems legal system policies education health empowerment agricultural technology agricultural growth child care property rights natural resources management agricultural policies technology transfer drought vegetables fisheries children Bouis, Howarth E. Bhargava, Alok Scrimshaw, Nevin Effects on diet in improving the iron status of women: what role for food-based interventions? |
| title | Effects on diet in improving the iron status of women: what role for food-based interventions? |
| title_full | Effects on diet in improving the iron status of women: what role for food-based interventions? |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Effects on diet in improving the iron status of women: what role for food-based interventions? |
| title_short | Effects on diet in improving the iron status of women: what role for food-based interventions? |
| title_sort | effects on diet in improving the iron status of women what role for food based interventions |
| topic | property women gender developing countries economic theories household budget household consumption nutrition farming systems legal system policies education health empowerment agricultural technology agricultural growth child care property rights natural resources management agricultural policies technology transfer drought vegetables fisheries children |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/157506 |
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