Update on common indicators of nutritional status: food access, food consumption, and biochemical measures of iron and anemia.
This paper presents some of the most commonly utilized indicators to assess food and nutritional status. With respect to the indicators reflecting food access, those addressing poverty as well as food consumption are included. In addition, a variety of serum biochemical measures for the estimation of iron nutritional status and anemia are discussed; it is recommended that some of these be adjusted to account for sex, age, physiological status, and altitude above sea level.
Morón
Cecilio
C
FAO Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean, Santiago, Chile. cecilio.moron@gmail.com
Viteri
Fernando E
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D018798:Anemia, Iron-Deficiency / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005523:Food Supply; D006801:Humans; D007501:Iron / Q000097:blood*; D019266:Iron, Dietary / Q000008:administration & dosage; D015596:Nutrition Assessment; D009747:Nutritional Physiological Phenomena / Q000502:physiology; D009751:Nutritional Requirements; D009752:Nutritional Status; D011203:Poverty
D019266:Iron, Dietary; D007501:Iron