Iron deficiency reduces capacity for physical activity, lowers IQ, and increases maternal and child mortality, impacting roughly a billion people worldwide. Recent studies have shown that certain highly consumed crops — C3 grains (e.g., wheat, rice, barley), legumes and maize — have lower iron concentrations of 4-10% when grown under increased atmospheric CO2 concentrations (550 ppm). We examined diets in 152 countries globally (95.5% of the population) to estimate the percentage of lost dietary iron resulting from anthropogenic CO2 emissions between now and 2050, specifically among vulnerable age-sex groups: children (1-5 years) and women of childbearing age (15-49 years), holding diets constant. We also cross-referenced these with the current prevalence of anemia to identify most at-risk countries.
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/anthropogenic-carbon-dioxide-emissions-may-increase-risk-global-iron-deficiency
[2] http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2016GH000018/abstract
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/m-r-smith
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/c-d-golden
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/s-s-myers
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/geohealth
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