HPER-N - Health, Physical Education And Recreation HPER-N 220 Chapter 13: Chapter 13
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Anemia: condition characterizes by inadequate number of health red blood cells. Cold extremities: three reasons in which anemia occurs: Blood loss, destruction of blood cells, decrease in production of red blood cells or of the hemoglobin in the cells. Folate or b12 deficiency: small or pale in color microcytic and hypochromic. Neural tube closes 28 days into pregnancy. Importance of women in child bearing years to get enough folate. Recall from earlier that homocysteine is associated with cardiovascular: rda risk. Supplementation synthetic folic acid more bioavailable than folate that naturally occurs. Pregnancy prenatal vitamins are multivitamins enriched with folic acid to meet needs. Older individuals at risk for deficiency due to inadequate absorption and. B12 cobalamin inadequate intake: only vitamin that contains a mineral in its structure, and is water-soluble, stored significantly in the liver, only derived from animal products.
