Poor Eating Habits may lead to Anemia in Older Women

Updated on 19 Apr 2011,
Published on 19 Apr 2011

A thorough study has underlined that a decrease in the nutrient intake rises the risk of the occurrence of anemia in your body. Check the details here:

Anemia is a problem of less red blood cells in the blood or a less quantity of hemoglobin in the blood. People who are suffering from it, feel a lot of weakness and fatigue. They even feel a lack of concentration. In its severe form, the body may shell out due to the lack of the oxygen-carrying capability of the blood by increasing cardiac output. As result of this problem, there may occur fast heart rate and there may be some signs of a heart failure as well. In fact, in chronic anemia, there may be behavioral disturbances among children. This happens because of neurological development in infants and a poor performance at the school. However, this is not the end. A lot of poor eating habits also contribute to this distress. And at times, they can give rise to a very difficult anemia as well. So, here is a review about the research done to examine the effect of eating habits on anemia. Have a look!!!

Statistics of people suffering from anemia

10 percent of people who are at the age of 65 and above have the disease of anemia. And 80 percent of the chemotherapy patients have this disorder. Out of the 26 million sufferers of kidney disease, 28 percent of mild kidney diseased people and 87 percent of chronic kidney diseased patients have anemia. Around 12 percent women between the age of 12-49 are iron deficient. Apart from it, 20 percent of pregnant women in US have this problem.

Study: Poor Eating Habits may lead to Anemia in Older Women

This study was published in the Journal of American Dietetic Association. It says that there is a greater risk of the development of anemia in postmenopausal women. The researchers analyzed data from 72,833 older women in US. And they found that deficiencies in more than a single nutrient was linked with a 21 percent increase in the risk of persistent anemia. This risk increased 44 percent with the lack of three nutrients. Women with anemia had less intake of protein, folate, vitamin B12 and C, iron and red meat than those who were not having this problem. And this data was less prevalent in whites than in any other ethnic group. In fact, body mass index (BMI) and smoking were also related to anemia. Other than this, its even associated with the risk of death at times.

Thus, guys do eat properly and keep a check that you are taking all the essential nutrients to avoid the state of a severe anemia. So, take care and live healthy!!!