Iron Deficiency Anemia

This book summarizes information related to public health measures on the prevention, detection, and management of iron deficiency anemia. It presents draft guidelines and recommendations related to this area, as applicable in primary health care and public health clinic settings, and it formulates recommendations for research. This volume is intended both to provide a common frame of reference for health professionals in preventing and treating iron deficiency anemia and to enable the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to prepare national guidelines and recommendations for the prevention and control of iron deficiency anemia.Table of ContentsFRONT MATTERTHE COMMITTEEMAJOR ISSUESRECOMMENDED GUIDELINES FOR PREVENTION, DETECTION, AND MANAGEMENT OF IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIARECOMMENDED GUIDELINES FOR PREVENTING AND TREATING IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA IN INFANTS AND CHILDRENRECOMMENDED GUIDELINES FOR PREVENTING AND TREATING IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA IN NONPREGNANT WOMEN OF CHILDBEARING AGERECOMMENDED GUIDELINES FOR PREVENTING AND TREATING IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA IN PREGNANT WOMENRECOMMENDATIONS FOR RESEARCHREFERENCESAPPENDIXESA ACKNOWLEDGMENTSB IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA: A SYNTHESIS OF CURRENT SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE AND U.S. RECOMMENDATIONS FOR PREVENTION AND TREATMENTC IRON-DEPENDENT PATHOLOGIESD DIETARY IRON: TRENDS IN THE IRON CONTENT OF FOODS, USE OF SUPPLEMENTAL IRON, AND THE FRAMEWORK FOR REGULATION OF IRON IN THE DIETE COMMITTEE AND STAFF BIOGRAPHIES