Clinical implications of changes in the modern diet: Iron intake, absorption and status

Heath, Anne-Louise M. and Fairweather-Tait, Susan J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1413-5569 (2002) Clinical implications of changes in the modern diet: Iron intake, absorption and status. Best Practice & Research: Clinical Haematology, 15 (2). pp. 225-241. ISSN 1521-6926

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Abstract

The modern British diet contains less red meat and is lower in iron than that consumed 30 years ago. This is in spite of the fact that fortification of foods, particularly breakfast cereals, with iron has become more widespread. Although there is no clear relationship between dietary iron intake and iron status, isotope studies have identified multiple dietary factors that influence iron absorption, such as ascorbic acid, animal tissue, phytates and polyphenols. There is no evidence to suggest that current dietary changes will have a major impact on iron status in the general population; however, effects on the incidence of iron overload in individuals with HFE mutations and iron deficiency in children and premenopausal women remain to be determined.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: anemia, iron-deficiency,diet,england,food habits,humans,iron,iron overload,iron, dietary
Faculty \ School: Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Norwich Medical School
UEA Research Groups: Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Groups > Nutrition and Preventive Medicine
Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Groups > Musculoskeletal Medicine
Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Centres > Lifespan Health
Depositing User: Pure Connector
Date Deposited: 05 Aug 2014 12:22
Last Modified: 19 Oct 2023 01:19
URI: https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/49192
DOI: 10.1053/beha.2002.0208

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