Antioxidantrijk Diet reduced the risk of acute airway infection and anemia associated with air pollution in children: study

A new study has emphasized the importance of an antioxidant kingdom of balanced diet for neutralizing adverse health effects of exposure to air pollution to a certain extent in Indian children younger than five. The study was published on 9 May in Frontiers in Public Health.

Exposure to air pollution (particles with a diameter of 2.5 micrometer or less -Pm2.5) can lead to acute respiratory disease (ARI) and anemia in children. A team of researchers from the St. John’s Medical College, Bengaluru, IIT Delhi and Sitaram Bhartia Institute of Science and Research, New Delhi, investigated as antioxidant nutrients intakes Intamen Intamen can reduce the impact of PM2.5 on the health results of children in India.

The researchers studied 2,08,782 children with valid ARI and 1,97,289 children with valid hemoglobin measurements. The prevalence of ARI and anemia was 2.8% and 57.6% respectively. Acute respiratory infections and anemia make an important contribution to morbidity and mortality in children worldwide. Children are very sensitive to these disorders because of their developing immune system and higher metabolic needs.

Ambient and household air pollution

Anura Kurpad, professor of physiology and nutrition at St. John’s Medical College, said that emerging evidence emphasizes the air pollution of ambient and households, in particular fine particles, as well as a critical environmental risk factor for both Ari and anedia in children. “According to the World Health Statistics of 2023, Ari is the main cause of infectious diseases in all infectious diseases. Exposure to PM2.5 has also been shown that it increases the risk of anemo in children,” said Prof Kurpad, who is one of the authors.

The researchers are triangular satellite-deducted PM2.5-blot data at the level of the primary sampling unit level, with Ari and anemia prevalence data of national survey at district level and antioxidant nutrients of the food expenditure of domestic foods. Regression model of logistics mixed effects was used to estimate the effect of PM2.5 at different levels of nutrients.

The study showed that a higher intake of certain antioxidant nutrients such as vitamins A, C and D, as well as minerals such as zinc and selenium reduced the risk of Ari associated with high exposure to PM 2.5. Higher intake of these nutrients could lower the risk of anemia in the same way.

“When translating these nutrients into foods, similar benefits were observed with daily consumption of small amounts of fruit and vegetables. This emphasizes the potential of increasing the food diversity with more fruit and fruit intake, when reducing the adversity of air pollution in children,” said Prof Kurpad.

Qualitative proof

The researchers concluded that the findings from this study should be dealt with as qualitative evidence of possible moderation of air pollution and health association by antioxidants and rich food groups antioxidants.

“These results emphasize the potential of nutritional strategies in reducing the adverse effects of air pollution. However, the evidence now needs validation by community -based inventions or randomized control tests with selected antioxidants. While long -term solutions must be aimed at reducing the setting of the setting of the Statement of the Statement of the Statement of the Statement of the Statement of the Statement of the Detection of the Detection of the Detection of the Detection of the Detection of the Detection of the Detection of the Detection of the Detection of Detection of Detection of Detection of Detection of Detection of Detection of Detection of Detection of Detection of Detection of Detection of Detection of Detection of Detections of the Detection of the Stelling Caes establishing the establishment of the establishment of the establishment of the establishment of the establishment of the establishment of the establishment of the establishment of the establishment of the institutions, achievable and complementary route to protect vulnerable populations, “the study said.