In many countries, the health and the development of a great number of people are compromised by the insufficient distribution of micro-nutrients. The deficiency of iron is one of the things that to a large extent contributes to the high rates of death and maternal and childhood mortality, affecting also a great percentage of school aged children. Bolivia, along with the majority of underdeveloped countries, presents high prevalence of anemia in the students. Recent studies confirm that anemia nutrients are a problem of public health of great magnitude to rural and urban level (Fernández et al, 1994). Before this situation the project to UNITE - UMSA through a diagnosis carried out in Viacha (Prov. Ingavi - La Paz) in 1996 on the eating situation and nutrition of families determined that the food sources of iron consumption dropped, for which one of the recommendations of said study was to carry out interventions such as to supplement and to fortify food with iron. In that context, the need to distribute a school breakfast constituted by a food (api or flour of purple corn) fortified with iron has been seen and to measure the effect that has the consumption of that food on the nutritional state of iron in the students. The api is a food that can be fortified with iron, apart from having a good contribution of energy, it is accessible economically to the population of the altiplano Bolivian and is preferred for the children. The distribution of the api fortified with iron would be able to reduce the prevalence of anemia in the students of the rural area. The present study, will measure the effect of the consumption of api fortified with iron on the iron deficiency anemia of the students of the rural area of the region altiplánica Irpa Small, province Ingavi of the department of La Paz.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:BGMYU2/oai:scholarsarchive.byu.edu:etd-6425 |
| Date | 01 January 2003 |
| Creators | Ramirez Copa, Beatriz Julia |
| Publisher | BYU ScholarsArchive |
| Source Sets | Brigham Young University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Source | Theses and Dissertations |
| Coverage | La Paz (Bolivia) |
| Rights | http://lib.byu.edu/about/copyright/ |
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