Effect of a beverage fortified with evaporated sugarcane juice on hemoglobin levels in preschool children Efecto de una bebida fortificada con jugo de caña condensado sobre los niveles de hemoglobina en niños preescolares

• Main Authors: Francisco P. Arcanjo, Vicente P. Pinto, Maria R. Arcanjo, Márcia R. Amici, Olga M. Amâncio
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; Spanish; Portuguese
• Published: Pan American Health Organization 2009
• Subjects: Anemia; rapadura; preescolar; hemoglobinas; hierro; carbohidratos en la dieta; Brasil; child; preschool; hemoglobins; iron; dietary carbohydrates; Brazil; Medicine; R; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Public aspects of medicine; RA1-1270; Arctic; Doble; Sobral
• Online Access: https://doaj.org/article/9ec2e8cc56d94f55bc1d58f21558fcd4

The study objective was to measure the effect of consumption of a beverage mixed with a high-iron sweetener (evaporated sugarcane juice known as rapadura) on hemoglobin levels in preschool children, and to compare it with the effect of consuming the same beverage sweetened with refined sugar. Resear...