The Indian Journal of Nutrition and Dietetics

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Assessment on the Level of Participation of the Participants/Beneficiaries in the National Nutritional Anaemia Control Programme


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1 Department of Home Science, College of Agriculture, Vellayani P.O., Thiruvananthapuram - 695 022, India
2 National Centre for Women in Agriculture (ICAR), Baramunda P.O. Bhubaneshwar, Orissa, India
     

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Iron deficiency is the most prevalent cause for anaemia and WHO estimates the number of anaemic people world wide to be staggering two billion making it the most prevalent nutritional problem in the world today. Vijayaraghavan has reported that in the developing countries alone 370 million women suffer from iron deficiency anaemia. In India anaemia is the second most common cause of maternal deaths.
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P. Geetha
Department of Home Science, College of Agriculture, Vellayani P.O., Thiruvananthapuram - 695 022, India
S. Chellammal
Department of Home Science, College of Agriculture, Vellayani P.O., Thiruvananthapuram - 695 022, India
Krishna Srinath
National Centre for Women in Agriculture (ICAR), Baramunda P.O. Bhubaneshwar, Orissa, India

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Iron deficiency is the most prevalent cause for anaemia and WHO estimates the number of anaemic people world wide to be staggering two billion making it the most prevalent nutritional problem in the world today. Vijayaraghavan has reported that in the developing countries alone 370 million women suffer from iron deficiency anaemia. In India anaemia is the second most common cause of maternal deaths.