Dutra-de-Oliveira J E, Ferreira J B, Vasconcellos V P, Marchini J S
Department of Clinical Medicine, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil.
J Am Coll Nutr. 1994 Apr;13(2):198-202. doi: 10.1080/07315724.1994.10718395.
Several foods have been used as iron (Fe) carriers to fight widespread global Fe deficiency and anemia. This paper describes the longitudinal effect of Fe-fortified drinking water given to a group of Brazilian preschool children.
The experimental design included 31 preschool children who attended a day-care institution. Hemoglobin and serum ferritin were the blood parameters used to check the Fe status. Fe++ sulfate (20 mg Fe/L) was added daily to their drinking water container and measurements were obtained before the addition, 4 and 8 months later.
The number of Fe-deficient children decreased drastically after they started drinking the Fe-enriched water. Mean hemoglobin values increased from 10.6 to 13.7 g/dL and serum ferritin from 13.7 to 25.6 micrograms/L. There were no problems related to the salt addition or to the children drinking the Fe-enriched water.
Fe-enriched drinking water was shown to be a practical alternative to supply Fe to children attending a day-care institution.
几种食物已被用作铁（Fe）载体，以对抗全球普遍存在的缺铁和贫血问题。本文描述了给一组巴西学龄前儿童饮用铁强化饮用水的纵向效果。
实验设计包括31名就读于日托机构的学龄前儿童。血红蛋白和血清铁蛋白是用于检查铁状态的血液参数。每天向他们的饮用水容器中添加硫酸亚铁（20毫克铁/升），并在添加前、4个月和8个月后进行测量。
开始饮用富含铁的水后，缺铁儿童的数量急剧下降。平均血红蛋白值从10.6克/分升降至13.7克/分升，血清铁蛋白从13.7微克/升升至25.6微克/升。添加盐或儿童饮用富含铁的水均未出现问题。
富含铁的饮用水被证明是向日托机构儿童供应铁的一种实用替代方法。
