risks of iron deficiency among vegetarian college women缺铁在素食女大学生的风险.pdf

Vol.4, No.3, 113-119 (2012) Health /10.4236/health.2012.43018 Risks of iron deficiency among vegetarian college women 1* 2 2 Susan N. Hawk , Kimberly Grage Englehardt , Cindi Small 1Department of Nutrition, Health and Exercise Science, Central Washington University, Ellensburg, USA; * Corresponding Author: woodys@ 2Department of Food Science and Nutrition, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, USA Received 2 December 2011; revised 30 December 2011; accepted 9 January 2012 ABSTRACT deficiency disease worldwide and is often most com- monly seen in children and women of child-bearing age Iron deficiency anemia is the most common nu- [1]. In fact, estimates assume that impaired iron status tritional deficiency disease worldwide and poses occurs in 1% to 6% of the general population [2]. Re- a major threat in women of child-bearing age and gardless of dietary practices, the iron status of women is those who follow a vegetarian diet. The objective inferior to men [3]. Roughly 5% to 14% of women in the of this study was to ascertain whether differences United States ages 15 to 44 years have impaired iron exist in iron status markers between female uni-