ReviewNutrients2021
Plant-Based Dietary Practices and Socioeconomic Factors That Influence Anemia in India.
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- Assessing anemia burden and multifactorial contributors among pregnant women in Gujarat: a cross-sectional study integrating biochemical, nutritional, and geographic disparities.Frontiers in global women's health · 2025Article
- Gen Z's Willingness to Adopt Plant-Based Diets: Empirical Evidence from Greece, India, and the UK.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
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- Assessment of Heme and Non-Heme Iron Intake and Its Dietary Sources among Adults in Armenia.Nutrients · 2023Article
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- Rice biofortification: breeding and genomic approaches for genetic enhancement of grain zinc and iron contents.Frontiers in plant science · 2023Review
- Iron Deficiency Anemia: Efficacy and Limitations of Nutritional and Comprehensive Mitigation Strategies.Nutrients · 2022Review
- Non-linear connections between maternal hemoglobin during the third trimester of pregnancy and birth weight outcomes in full-term newborns: Estimating the breakpoints.Frontiers in nutrition · 2022Article
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Abstract
While rates of malnutrition have declined over the last decade in India due to successful government interventions, the prevalence of anemia remains high. Staple foods provide almost 70% of the daily iron intake. As staple foods are a rich source of phytate, this ingested iron is poorly absorbed. Currently, 59% of children below 3 years of age, 50% of expectant mothers and 53% of women aged 15-19 years are anemic. The most common intervention strategy has been through the use of iron supplements. While the compliance has been low and supplies irregular, such high rates of anemia cannot be explained by iron deficiency alone. This review attempts to fit dietary and cooking practices, field-level diagnostics, cultural beliefs and constraints in implementation of management strategies into a larger picture scenario to offer insights as to why anemia continues to plague India. Since the rural Indian diet is predominantly vegetarian, we also review dietary factors that influence non-heme iron absorption. As a reference point, we also contrast anemia-related trends in India to the U.S.A. Thus, this review is an effort to convey a holistic evaluation while providing approaches to address this public health crisis.
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