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Worldwide, how many people are estimated to have iron-deficiency anemia?

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According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the top nutritional disorder in the world is iron deficiency. As many as 80% of people in the world have iron deficiencies in their bodies. WHO claims also that as many as 30 % of people in the world have anemia due to prolonged deficiency of iron in our bodies.

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