Indicators of iron metabolism in healthy children and adolescents

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), iron deficiency (J) is in first place among the 38 most common human diseases - it affects more than 3 billion people on Earth. The highest risk of developing DF, both latent (LV), and manifest (iron deficiency anemia - IDA) in children (especially the first two years of life) and women of reproductive age. According to S. Osendarp et al., in the world about 50% of preschool children and pregnant women have anemia. It has been established that at anemia rate of 20%, DJ exists in 50% of the population. With an anemia rate of 40% and higher, the entire population has different types of GI. According to studies by D. Subramanian et al., 9% of children in their first two years of life have IDA.