Nutritional Approach for the Treatment of Anemia and Iron Deficiency Anemia

Abstract

Around the globe every year around ten million lives are lost due to hunger and undernutrition. Multitudes of people are impinged on by “hidden hunger,” a lack of essential vitamins and minerals, which is known as micronutrient deficiencies. Worldwide till date iron deficiency remains as the top- ranking source of anemia. The consequences of poor nutrition are not always prominent to notice. Infants, young children and women of child- bearing age are those at greatest risk of nutritional anemia besides the men. Over 30% of the world’s population – are anemic with about 1 billion suffering from iron deficiency anemia (Gleason G.). The etiology of ID and IDA is complex and has a prolonged imbalance between dietary intake, absorption and body needs which in the long run leads to iron deficiency anemia. However this article focuses on the nutritional approach for the balance of iron absorption in the body thereby reducing the occurrence of ID and IDA.