Iron Deficiency Anaemia - Your Diet Can Help

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A simple, practical guide to curing and preventing iron deficiency anaemia through diet.

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To enable clients and their carers to understand the need to increase their iron and vitamin C intake, so that they can apply the dietary advice.

Target Group will know how to increase iron and vitamin C intake in their diet by adapting their food choices.

  • Badham, J., Zimmerman, M.B. and Kraemer, K. eds, (2007) The guidebook: nutritional anemia, Sight and Life Press. www.sightandlife.org
  • Department of Health (1991): Dietary Reference Values for Food Energy and Nutrients for the United Kingdom. Report on Health and Social Subjects No. 41. HMSO, London
  • Heath, A.L. and Fairweather-Tait, S.J. Clinical implications of changes in the modern diet: iron intake, absorption and status.
  • Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition (2010) Iron and Health
  • Zimmerman, M.B. and Hurrell, R.F. Nutritional iron deficiency. (2007) Lancet 370(9586), 511-520
  • National Institute for Health & Care Excellence. (2014). Anaemia - Iron Deficiency . Available: https://cks.nice.org.uk/anaemia-iron-deficiency.
  • NHS Choices. (2016). Iron Deficiency Anaemia. Available: http://www.nhs.uk/conditions/Anaemia-iron-deficiency-/Pages/Introduction.aspx.
  • Practice Evidence Based Nutrition. (2016). Hematology/Haematology - Anemia/Anaemia: Iron Deficiency. Available: http://www.pennutrition.com/KnowledgePathway.aspx?kpid=403&trcatid=42.
NDR-UK Ref No: 1000E.1
Classification: PiL
Related Printed Version: 1000
Publication Date: 01/10/2004
Last Review: 2021

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