The Indian Journal of Nutrition and Dietetics

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Impact of Anaemia in Pregnancy


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Nutritional anaemia is believed to be the most wide spread nutritional disorder in the world affecting 30 per cent of the world's population. It is more common among the expectant mothers. The WHO report gives the anaemia prevalence picture at global level as 55.9 per cent among the expectant mothers. In South Asia 65 per cent of pregnant women are affected by nutritional anaemia. In India, the incidence of anaemia among expectant mothers is alarmingly high.
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T. Thangaleela
Avinashilingam Institute for Home Science and Higher Education for Women, Deemed University, Coimbatore 641 043, India
P. Vijayalakshmi
Avinashilingam Institute for Home Science and Higher Education for Women, Deemed University, Coimbatore 641 043, India

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Nutritional anaemia is believed to be the most wide spread nutritional disorder in the world affecting 30 per cent of the world's population. It is more common among the expectant mothers. The WHO report gives the anaemia prevalence picture at global level as 55.9 per cent among the expectant mothers. In South Asia 65 per cent of pregnant women are affected by nutritional anaemia. In India, the incidence of anaemia among expectant mothers is alarmingly high.