caa a22 4500 388062088 CHVBK 20180307125124.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161130e199803 xx s 000 0 eng 10.1079/BJN19980039 doi S0007114598000403 pii (NATIONALLICENCE)cambridge-10.1079/BJN19980039 Walker Alexander R. P. Human Biochemistry Research Unit, Department of Tropical Diseases, School of Pathology of the University of the Witwatersrand, and the South African Institute for Medical Research, Johannesburg, South Africa The remedying of iron deficiency: what priority should it have? [Elektronische Daten] [Alexander R. P. Walker] Fe deficiency is considered to be the commonest of nutritional deficiencies worldwide. Adverse effects are stated to include lower growth rate and impaired cognitive scores in children and poor pregnancy outcome and lower working capacity in adults. In the present review, Fe intake, stores of the element, the magnitude of deficiencies and the benefits from interventions, as reflected in the results of clinical trials, are discussed. Because of inadequacies of knowledge in numerous respects, more information is needed regarding the extent to which clinical trials relate to public health realities, before introducing regional or national supplementation programmes. While Fe supplements are needed in certain groups, and in particular regions, increased dietary intakes could be supplied by food fortification, as well as by individual improvements in intake. Copyright © The Nutrition Society 1998 Iron nationallicence Deficiency stigmata nationallicence Supplementation nationallicence British Journal of Nutrition Cambridge University Press 79/3(1998-03), 227-235 0007-1145 79:3<227 1998 79 BJN https://doi.org/10.1079/BJN19980039 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 review-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1079/BJN19980039 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Walker Alexander R. P. Human Biochemistry Research Unit, Department of Tropical Diseases, School of Pathology of the University of the Witwatersrand, and the South African Institute for Medical Research, Johannesburg, South Africa NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- British Journal of Nutrition Cambridge University Press 79/3(1998-03), 227-235 0007-1145 79:3<227 1998 79 BJN CC0 http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-cambridge