The Role Of Nutrition In Preventing Pediatric Iron Deficiency Anemia At Department Of Pediatric MTI,LRH Peshawar

Abstract

Background: IDA stands as a common nutritional defect which affects children across the world. The condition damages mental abilities and reduces both immunity strength and body growth. Preventing iron deficiency anemia depends heavily on interventions regarding nutritional aspects which combine iron-enriched food sources with dietary supplementation. Public health activities combined with early nutritional changes in diets serve to lower the occurrence of childhood anemia.

Objectives: to understand how dietary methods can stop iron deficiency anemia from developing in children. This evaluation assesses dietary habits alongside measuring both iron content and the performance of iron-endowed food consumption together with medical supplementation for sustaining proper hemoglobin upkeeps.

Study Desgin : A cross-sectional observational study.

Place and duration of study. Department of pediatric MTI,LRH Peshawar  from Janurary  2019 to june 2019

Methods: Department of Pediatrics within MTI LRH Peshawar between January 2019 through June 2019. The study adopted a group of participants through a cross-sectional research design. The study accepted patients between the ages of 6 months to 12 years. Different tests such as dietary recall and blood examinations and ferritin assay measured nutrition intake and hemoglobin levels and iron storage amounts. The statistical evaluation was carried out by SPSS 22.0 software and we established statistical significance at p < 0.05.

Results:The participants in the study had a mean age of 5.8 ± 2.4 years. The research investigation established that iron content in food creates a major connection to healthy hemoglobin measurements (p < 0.001). The combination of fortified cereal consumption with leafy greens plus iron medication intake decreased the incidence of anemia in children. Anemic children demonstrated insufficient dietary iron consumption in 68% of cases together with ferritin deficiencies present in 47%.

Conclusion:Children demonstrate lower rates of iron deficiency anemia when they receive dietary treatments comprising iron supplements along with adequate iron supplementation. Health organizations should implement educational programs about appropriate diets and food enrichment standards to prevent anemia occurrence. Enhancing pediatric health outcomes through the year requires preventative nutritional interventions to be established as a top priority.