Effect of a nutrition education program and diet modification in Beninese adolescent girls suffering from mild iron deficiency anemia.

Halimatou Alaofé, John Zee, Romain Dossa, Huguette Turgeon O'Brien

Journal: Ecology of food and nutrition 2011;48(1):21-38

PMID: 21883056

Abstract

A 26-week nutrition intervention, including 4 weeks of nutrition education, combined with an increase in the content and bioavailability of dietary iron for 22 weeks was carried out in 34 intervention and 34 control adolescent girls suffering from mild iron deficiency anemia (IDA). In post-intervention, hemoglobin and serum ferritin were significantly higher in the intervention group, whereas the incidence of IDA was significantly lower in the intervention group compared to the control group. Nutrition knowledge scores were significantly higher in intervention girls compared to control girls. Dietary changes to improve available dietary iron can reduce iron deficiency anemia.

Address: Département des sciences des aliments et de nutrition, Université Laval, Québec, Canada.

DOI: 10.1080/03670240802293675

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MeSH Terms: Adolescent, Anemia, Iron-Deficiency, Benin, Child, Diet, Feeding Behavior, Female, Ferritins, Health Education, Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice, Hemoglobins, Humans, Iron, Dietary, Nutritional Sciences, Treatment Outcome