A Program of Nutritional Education in Schools Reduced the Prevalence of Iron Deficiency in Students

Table 1

Changes in anthropometric and hematological parameters in children before and after the intervention of nutritional education in schools from Aragua, Táchira, and Lara States, Venezuela. (𝑛=427).

	Before intervention	After intervention
Age (years)	8.68±2.31	9.44 ± 2.44*
Weight (Kg)	28.47±9.69	31.12 ± 12.11*
Height (cm)	127.49±13.80	131.40 ± 15.88*
Hematocrit (%)	37.42±3.32	38.57 ± 2.90*
Ferritin (μg/L)	18.04±12.00	22.56 ± 15.82*
Serum retinol (μg/dL)	22.09±6.61	20.73 ± 5.80
Serum folate (nmol/L)	11.74±7.19	10.58 ± 8.80

*Statistically significant difference between before and after intervention (𝑃<.05).