Nutritional Anemia Among America's Poor
Authors: FREDERICK A. KLIPSTEIN
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1968)

Editorials1 May 1968Nutritional Anemia Among America's PoorFREDERICK A. KLIPSTEIN, M.D., F.A.C.P.FREDERICK A. KLIPSTEIN, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-68-5-1125 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptMalnutrition is a major health problem in most underdeveloped countries throughout the world, including many in this hemisphere. The responsible factors and the proper corrective measures have been intensively investigated by many individuals and by various international health agencies. In the United States, overt deficiency states such as pellagra and rickets have not been a matter of public health concern for more than a quarter of a century, and recent surveys, principally among members of average-income families, have indicated a generally satisfactory state of nutrition in the population at large (1, 2). Indeed, current investigations of nutrition in the United...References1. GOLDSMITH GA: Clinical nutritional problems in the United States today. Nutr. Rev. 23: 1, 1965. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar2. GOODHART R: Symposium on some findings and observations on the nutritional status of residents of the U. S. A. Amer. J. Clin. Nutr. 17: 189, 1965. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3. MAYER J: The nutritional status of American Negroes. Nutr. Rev. 23: 161, 1965. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar4. TAITZ LS and FINBERG L: Kwashiorkor in the Bronx. Amer. J. Dis. Child. 112: 76, 1966. MedlineGoogle Scholar5. CORNELY PB, BIGMAN SK, and WATTS DD: Nutritional beliefs among a low-income urban population. J. Amer. Diet. Ass. 42: 131, 1963. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar6. LEEVY CM, CARDI L, FRANK O, GELLENE R, and BAKER H: Incidence and significance of hypovitaminemia in a randomly selected municipal hospital population. Amer. J. Clin. Nutr. 17: 259, 1965. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar7. BAKER H, FRANK O, FEINGOLD S, CHRISTAKIS G, and ZIFFER H: Vitamins, total cholesterol, and triglycerides in 642 New York City school children. Amer. J. Clin. Nutr. 20: 850, 1967. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar8. OWEN GM, GARRY PJ, HEDGES KM, LOWE JE, and ZACHERL WA: The United States today—is it free of public health nutrition problems? Nutritional studies of preschool children. Presented at Food and Nutrition Section Meeting, American Public Health Association, Miami Beach, Fla., October 1967. Google Scholar9. ELVEHJEM CA, PETERSON WH, and MENDENHALL DR: Hemoglobin content of the blood of infants. Amer. J. Dis. Child. 46: 105, 1933. Google Scholar10. HILLMAN RW and SMITH HS: Hemoglobin patterns in low-income families. Public Health Rep. 83: 61, 1968. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar11. HAUGHTON JG: Nutritional anemia of infancy and childhood. Amer. J. Public Health 53: 1121, 1963. CrossrefGoogle Scholar12. ANDELMAN MB and SERED BR: Utilization of dietary iron by term infants. Amer. J. Dis. Child. 111: 45, 1966. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar13. DANNEKER D: Anemia in selected Allegheny County child health conference populations. Allegheny County Health Department, Pittsburgh, Pa., 1966. Google Scholar14. SHAW R and ROBERTSON WO: Anemia among hospitalized infants. Ohio Med. J. 60: 45, 1964. MedlineGoogle Scholar15. KRAVITZ H: Results of "Operation Head Start" in Chicago. Illinois Med. J. 129: 590, 1966. Google Scholar16. HILLMAN RW: Relation of race and sex to the frequency of local tissue changes suggestive of malnutrition. The five year experience of a district health center nutrition clinic in New York City. Amer. J. Clin. Nutr. 10: 410, 1962. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar17. LEDESMA RE and LEASE EJ: Nutritional deficiencies of low-income mothers in the Columbia, S. C., area. J. South Carolina Med. Ass. 63: 80, 1967. MedlineGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAuthors: FREDERICK A. KLIPSTEIN, M.D., F.A.C.P. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byPersonal Observations on Cromolyn Sodium ProphylaxisHematocrits in Suburban Adolescents: A Search for AnemiaA theoretical model for the study of nutritional status: An ecosystem approach 1 May 1968Volume 68, Issue 5Page: 1125-1127KeywordsAnemiaGlobal healthHealth surveysMalnutritionNutritionPrevention, policy, and public health ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 May 1968 PDF downloadLoading ...