A Survey on the Prevalence of Anaemia in Pregnant and Lactating Women Eating Processed Food
Shakti Ketan Prusty *
Department of Medical, Siksha 'O' Anusandhan (Deemed to be University), Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
Pratap Kumar Sahu
Department of Medical, Siksha 'O' Anusandhan (Deemed to be University), Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
Anaemia is a medical condition in which there is less number of red blood cells in the blood. Lack of sufficient healthy red blood cells in blood is observed in anaemia patients. In human beings, blood carries oxygen to other body tissues, transport of oxygen is done by red blood cells. An anaemic person always feels tired and weak. Weakness is because of less oxygen in body tissues. The body requirement of iron in pregnant and lactating women is generally high, insufficient intake of iron results in anaemia. Survey on the prevalence of anaemia in the different age group is done but the current survey also puts light on a factor which is not covered before. Because of good taste and availability, processed food intake is increasing in every household. A close link of high intake of processed food and nutrient deficiency in pregnant and lactating women, especially iron deficiency is observed. The current survey opens the future perspective to conduct more research on the connection between packaged food eating habits and prevalence of various diseases.
Keywords: Anaemia, processed food, haemoglobin, red blood cells, iron