THE LATEST National Diet & Nutrition Survey, published in 2016, revealed that 48% of girls and 27% of women had low iron intakes (below the national dietary reference intake), putting them at risk of iron deficiency anaemia. You may be especially at risk of falling into these groups if you’re vegetarian or vegan, or have decided to cut back drastically on meat or fish – albeit for sensible health reasons.
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