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Heinz News: New Report Shows ``Sprinkles'''' Are Working to Prevent and Treat Childhood Nutrition Epidemic.

Publication: Business Wire
Publication Date: 26-MAR-03 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

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TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 26, 2003

(NYSE:HNZ)

Nutritional Supplement Developed by

Hospital for Sick Children Scientist Treats Childhood Anemia

A new report published in the Canadian Paediatric Society's Paediatrics & Child Health journal shows that adding Supplefer Sprinkles to children's meals is already working to reduce the rate of iron-deficiency anemia (IDA) around the world. Supplefer Sprinkles contain iron, vitamin C and other nutrients and are packaged in a single-dose sachet to be "sprinkled" onto food. The report, published on February 28 and titled "'Home-fortification' with Micronutrient Sprinkles - A New Approach for the Prevention and Treatment of Nutritional Anemias," was written by Stanley Zlotkin, M.D., a senior scientist in The Hospital for Sick Children Research Institute in Toronto, Canada. The report's findings are being made available for Anemia Awareness Week in Canada (March 24-28, 2003), which focuses on raising awareness of anemia as a potentially serious condition.

"Iron-deficiency anemia continues to be a pervasive and largely unaddressed global health problem, affecting more than two billion people or roughly one third of the world's population," said...

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