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Record Nr.

UNINA9910253950003321

Autore

Gupta Anil

Titolo

Nutritional Anemia in Preschool Children / / by Anil Gupta

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Singapore : , : Springer Singapore : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2017

ISBN

981-10-5178-X

Edizione

[1st ed. 2017.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (240 pages)

Disciplina

618.92152

Soggetti

Human physiology

Clinical nutrition

Food—Biotechnology

Metabolic diseases

Animal physiology

Pediatrics

Human Physiology

Clinical Nutrition

Food Science

Metabolic Diseases

Animal Physiology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction To Nutritional Anaemia In Preschool Children -- Epidemiology Of Nutritional Anemia -- Functional Role Of Iron In Nutritional Anemia -- Functional Role Of Vitamin B12 & Folic Acid In Nutritional Anemia -- Functional Role Of Vitamin A In Nutritional Anemia -- Functional Role Of Zinc, Copper And Selenium In Nutritional Anemia -- Impact Of Diarrhoea & Malnutrition In Nutritional Anemia -- Nterventional Strategies -- Bibliography.

Sommario/riassunto

The book highlights intricate predisposing factors for pathogenesis of nutritional anemia. It delivers valuable information related to this public health hazard influencing the nutritional health of preschool children. The book is valuable for readers in diverse fields to gain insight of the concept of nutritional anemia in preschool children. Additionally, book furnishes clinical and laboratory methods in a comparative way to



assess nutritional anemia. Impact of the disorder on health of preschool children has been covered in a simple language. The book mentions need for interventional strategies for the management of nutritional anemia. Infants, preschool children and women during pregnancy and lactation are highly susceptible to dietary deficiency of iron, folic acid and cyanocobalamin leading to comparatively, higher predisposition to development of nutritional anemia. The condition has myriad of ill effects on nutritional health of preschool children.