Assessment of drinking water fortification with iron plus ascorbic Acid or ascorbic Acid alone in daycare centers as a strategy to control iron-deficiency anemia and iron deficiency: a randomized blind clinical study.
J Trop Pediatr
; 60(1): 40-6, 2014 Feb.
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| ID: mdl-23963460
OBJECTIVE: Assess drinking water fortification with iron and/or ascorbic acid as a strategy to control iron-deficiency anemia and iron deficiency. METHODS: Randomized blind clinical study, fortifying drinking water to 153 pre-school children during 3 months, with iron and ascorbic acid (A), ascorbic acid (B) or plain water (C). Hemoglobin (Hb), mean corpuscular volume (MCV) and ferritin were measured. RESULTS: Within the groups, Hb raised in all three groups, MCV in A and B and ferritin in A. The difference between time points 0 and 1 was significant between A and B for Hb, when A and B were compared with C for MCV and when A was compared with either B or C for ferritin. CONCLUSIONS: Water fortification is efficient in controlling iron deficiency and anemia. Iron stores' recovery depends on a more effective offer of iron. Water fortification must be preceded by a careful assessment of the previous nutritional status.
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Ácido Ascórbico
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Água Potável
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Hemoglobinas
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Alimentos Fortificados
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Creches
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Anemia Ferropriva
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Ferro
Tipo de estudo:
Clinical_trials
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Prevalence_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Child, preschool
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Female
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Humans
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Male
País/Região como assunto:
America do sul
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Brasil
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Trop Pediatr
Ano de publicação:
2014
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de publicação:
Reino Unido