When a woman becomes pregnant, her iron requirements increase almost tenfold to support fetal development as well as her own increased iron needs. Her ability to meet these increased iron ...
A study of pregnant women in Ireland published in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition found that “iron deficiency, defined by a variety of biomarkers and thresholds, was very common during ...
Four out of five pregnant women in Ireland are iron deficient by their third trimester, a University College Cork (UCC) study reveals. Researchers at the Irish Centre for Maternal and Child Health ...