Iron intervention for improvement of iron status inadult female Dr. Dungarwal Monica Associate Professor, Govt. Meera Girls College, Udaipur (Raj), India. Email: monicaikshu@gmail.com Online published on 27 September, 2019. Abstract The importance of micronutrient deficiencies to the health and development of nation is universally recognized. Anemia both in terms of prevalence as well as in its ill effects has been recognized as one of the most important micronutrient deficiency. It is the major public health problem today. Iron deficiency anemia affect more than 3.5 billion people in the developing world. Therefore, prevention and control of iron deficiency anemia is imperative for improving quality of life. A total of 120 unmarried college going adult females aged 18–25 years were selected for the study on the basis of their hemoglobin level. 90 anemic females were divided into three groups (30 in each group) on the basis of type of intervention i.e. food based powder group (FBPG), synthetic iron group (SIG), and dietary improvement group (DIG). Anthropometric measurements and hematological status were assessed before and after intervention to evaluate the effects of intervention. Data on anthropometric measurements revealed that weight, skinfold thickness at subscapular and suprailiac site, waist hip circumference of anemic subjects were significantly low as compared to reference group. Similarly other body indicesweight for age, weight for height and BMI of the anemic subjects were significantly low than the value of reference group. Results showed that anthropometric measurements, body indices and body composition were not affected and changed by iron intervention. Hematological status of anemic adult females revealed that mean hemoglobin level of subjects was 9.85g/dl before intervention, which increased significantly to 11.59g/dl after intervention. Data showed that there was no significant difference among the three groups with respect to hemoglobin level before intervention as well as after intervention and all three methods of intervention were equally effective to improve iron status. Iron intervention also had positive effect on other hematological status i.e. RBC count, hematocrit, MCV, MCH and MCHC. These results clearly depicts that iron intervention had positive impact on iron status. Author correspondence: *Dr. Monica Dungarwal, Associate Professor, Govt. Meera Girls College, UDAIPUR (RAJ), INDIA. Top Keywords Anemia, Adult female, Iron intervention. Top |