date:Aug 04, 2012
mongst 70-80 per cent of the children, 70 per cent of the pregnant women, 55 per cent of the women in general and 25 per cent of the adult men across the population strata. Prevalence of anaemia in India is high because of a low dietary intake and especially, the poor availability of iron.
The iron fortified iodised salt formulation has been developed by the National Institute of Nutrition (NIN), Hyderabad, after more than two decades of research and studies.
According to Dr B Sesikeran, direc