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

doi:10.1080/03670240802293675

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

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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.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	21-38
Number of pages	18
Journal	Ecology of Food and Nutrition
Volume	48
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/03670240802293675
State	Published - 2009
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Adolescents
Benin
Boarding schools
Dietary intervention
Iron deficiency anemia
Nutrition education

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Medicine (miscellaneous)
Food Science
Ecology

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