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Iron and Women’s Health
Iron Deficiency and Overload, 2009, p.327-350
2009

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Titel
Iron and Women’s Health
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  • Iron Deficiency and Overload, 2009, p.327-350
Ort / Verlag
United States: Humana Press
Erscheinungsjahr
2009
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  • • Iron is an essential mineral required for transport of oxygen throughout the body and for the optimal development of the fetal brain. • Iron-intake requirements are regulated by the size of body iron stores. Lifestyle factors that often influence iron status in women include amount of iron consumed, use of oral contraceptives, use of hormone replacement therapy, vegetarianism, intestinal parasites, blood donation, and regular intense exercise. • Iron-deficiency prevalence, defined by direct measurement of tissue iron, is about 30% in adult women in developed countries; in contrast, iron deficiency defined by indirect measures such as in NHANES suggests a prevalence of about 10%. Iron deficiency is associated with impaired physical work performance, developmental delay, depressed immune function, and cognitive impairment. • Women are more at risk for iron deficiency and anemia due to iron losses through menstruation, pregnancy, and lactation and/or inadequate dietary iron intake. • During pregnancy, indices of iron status are in constant flux; however, iron deficiency anemia in the first trimester is consistently associated with premature delivery, low birth weight, perinatal infant and maternal mortality. • Iron requirements decrease by about 50% after menopause; however, iron is one of the nutrients that are often deficient in the diets of many older adults. • Adverse effects associated with genetically inherited disease characterized by high iron body stores, namely hemochromatosis, may include the development of diabetes, cancer, cardiovascular disease, and low bone mineral density.
Sprache
Englisch
Identifikatoren
ISBN: 9781934115220, 1934115223, 9781597454629, 1597454621
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-59745-462-9_19
Titel-ID: cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_745606570

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