Abstract
Anaemia is a medical condition in which there is less number of red blood cells in the blood. Lack of sufficient healthy red blood cells in blood is observed in anaemia patients. In human beings, blood carries oxygen to other body tissues, transport of oxygen is done by red blood cells. An anaemic person always feels tired and weak. Weakness is because of less oxygen in body tissues. The body requirement of iron in pregnant and lactating women is generally high, insufficient intake of iron results in anaemia. Survey on the prevalence of anaemia in the different age group is done but the current survey also puts light on a factor which is not covered before. Because of good taste and availability, processed food intake is increasing in every household. A close link of high intake of processed food and nutrient deficiency in pregnant and lactating women, especially iron deficiency is observed. The current survey opens the future perspective to conduct more research on the connection between packaged food eating habits and prevalence of various diseases.
Highlights
Lack of sufficient healthy red blood cells in blood is observed in anaemia patients
Blood carries oxygen to other body tissues, transport of oxygen is done by red blood cells
Anaemia is a lack of enough healthy red blood cells in the blood
Summary
In human beings, red blood cells work in the transport of oxygen from the lungs to the rest of our body. Red blood cells carry carbon dioxide from all our body to lungs. Red blood cells constitute 70% of total body iron level in human blood in the form of haemoglobin. Haemoglobin, protein-containing iron in the red blood cells of the blood of many animals. The complexes of iron-porphyrin are responsible for the role of haemoglobin in oxygen transport in the blood [4]. When red blood cells die, haemoglobin breaks and iron is saved. Every iron atom can bind with one atom of oxygen [7]
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