Iron is an important component of red blood cells in the blood, carrying oxygen and nutrients to cells in the body. Iron is very important for the development of the body and brain, starting from the mother’s womb, especially in the first year of life. If there is an iron deficiency during this period, it will have a permanent and long-term negative effect on brain development.

Risks of iron deficiency in children and adolescents, as follows:

• Periods when the body requires more iron include infancy, school-age children, and adolescence.
• Malnutrition in people who eat a vegetarian diet
• Perinatal risks of maternal pregnancy that can lead to decreased iron stores in the baby include maternal iron deficiency คาสิโนออนไลน์ UFABET ฝากถอนรวดเร็ว เริ่มต้นเล่นง่าย, preterm birth, and multiple pregnancy with fetal hemorrhage.
• Gastrointestinal bleeding, heavy menstrual flow
• Certain diseases affect intestinal iron absorption, such as a history of stomach or duodenal surgery, chronic ileitis, and genetic disorders of iron absorption.

Iron-rich foods help prevent anemia.

• Egg yolks contain 9 mg of iron per yolk, but absorption is not as good as meat.
• If comparing the amount of iron in 100 grams of food, liver contains 6-10 mg of iron and other meats contain 1-3 mg of iron per 100 grams.
• Foods high in iron include red meat, liver, animal organs, blood, egg yolks, green leafy vegetables such as spinach, broccoli, morning glory, and dried beans.
• In addition to foods that contain iron, you should choose to eat foods that help in the absorption of iron from vegetables and egg yolks, which are foods rich in vitamin C.

Iron deficiency is another cause of “Anemia”, which is often in children age 6 months to 5 years and in teenage girls who start menstruating. Iron deficiency does not only affect anemia, because children’s iron deficiency affects the nervous system and brain, including the functioning of the immune system, because it makes white blood cells unable to function normally. If treated late, it may not be able to be correct to normal.