In some communities, over a quarter of the children were misclassified as iron replete whereas they were iron deficient.
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Feeling tired and out of energy? Talk to your GP about checking your iron level.
Iron deficiency affects more than one in ten Australian women before they reach menopause. Better dietary choices can be part of the solution.
In Kenya, not much attention has been paid to addressing pregnant women's nutritional needs. This has exposed a gap in efforts to improve maternal and child health.
Micronutrient deficiencies are not well understood as an aspect of malnutrition. The problem is that such deficiencies increase a range of health risks.
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Professor in Nutrition and Dietetics, University of Newcastle
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Adjunct Senior Research Fellow, University of South Australia
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Director DST-NRF Centre of Excellence in Food Security, University of the Western Cape
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Senior Researcher, Kenya Medical Research Institute
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Senior Research Officer at Centre for Public Health Research , Kenya Medical Research Institute
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PhD Fellow, Open University (UK), Kenya Medical Research Institute
