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Rev Gastroenterol Mex · Jan 2003
[Iron-deficiency anemia in children. A old problem not yet resolved].
- Jaime A Ramírez-Mayans, Carolina Ortiz-López, Margarita García-Campos, Roberto Cervantes-Bustamante, Norberto Mata-Rivera, Flora Zárate-Mondragón, and Thomas Mason-Cordero.
- Servicio de Gastroenterología y Nutrición, Instituto Nacional de Pediatría (INP), Insurgentes Sur 3700-C, Insurgentes Cuicuilco, C.P. 04530 México, D.F.
- Rev Gastroenterol Mex. 2003 Jan 1; 68 (1): 29-33.
AbstractIron-deficiency anemia is still a health problem worldwide. Iron supplementation of some foods such as milk formulas and cereals apparently has not been the solution due to bioavailability of iron. In Mexico, there is high prevalence of anemia in children to date, mainly those under 2 years of age and predominantly in the Southern part of the country. Probably the main causes are iron-deficiency anemia in pregnant women, recurrent infections, such as gastroenteritis and parasites, and the most important one undoubtedly, deficient iron intake.
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