How Much Do You Know About Iron Deficiency?

Prevalence of Iron Deficiency:Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2021.) “Micronutrient Facts.”cdc.gov/nutrition/micronutrient-malnutrition/micronutrients/index.html

People at Risk for Iron Deficiency:National Institutes of Health Office of Dietary Supplements. (2021.) “Iron: Fact Sheet for Consumers.”ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/Iron-Consumer/

Fatigue in Women:Canadian Medical Journal. (2012.) “Effect of iron supplementation on fatigue in nonanemic menstruating women with low ferritin: a randomized controlled trial.”cmaj.ca/content/184/11/1247

Iron Deficiency in Women With Heavy Periods:Advances in Therapy. (2020.) “A Review of Clinical Guidelines on the Management of Iron Deficiency and Iron-Deficiency Anemia in Women with Heavy Menstrual Bleeding.”pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33247314/

Iron-Rich Foods:Cedars-Sinai Blood Donor Services. (2018.) “Iron Information for Blood Donors.”cedars-sinai.org/content/dam/cedars-sinai/programs-and-services/blood-donor/documents/iron-rich-foods.pdf