Background: Vegetarian diets exclude meat, seafood, and products containing these foods.
Although the vegetarian lifestyle could lead to a better health status in adults, it may also …

The role of zinc deficiency as an important cause of morbidity and impaired linear growth
has prompted the need to identify indicators of population zinc status. Three indicators have …

Iron deficiency is a concern in both developing and developed (industrialized) countries;
and young women are particularly vulnerable. This review investigates dietary determinants …

Brain iron is vital to multiple aspects of brain function, including oxidative metabolism,
myelination, and neurotransmitter synthesis. Atypical iron concentration in the basal ganglia …

Background: Iron deficiency (ID) is prevalent, particularly among women of reproductive age
(WRA). How mild ID without anemia relates to cognition is poorly understood. Executive …

Iron deficiency (ID) is the most prevalent nutrient deficiency within the developed world. This
is of concern as ID has been shown to affect immunity, thermoregulation, work performance …

Evidence of the relationship between altered cognitive function and depleted Fe status is
accumulating in women of reproductive age but the degree of Fe deficiency associated with …

Surveys in Australia, New Zealand and other industrialised countries report that many
adolescent girls have dietary intakes of iron and zinc that fail to meet their high physiological …

Iron deficiency without anemia (IDNA), the most prevalent nutritional deficiency worldwide,
affects young women of reproductive age. This study aimed to elucidate the relationship …

The contribution of vitamin C (ascorbic acid) to the prevention of iron deficiency anemia by
promoting the absorption of dietary non-heme iron–especially in persons with low iron …