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The odds of iron deficiency in adolescent girls are almost 14 times higher among those who experience heavy menstruation and follow a meat-restricted diet, compared to girls with normal menstruation who eat an omnivorous diet

12.03.25 | PLOS

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Exploring the effect of menstrual loss and dietary habits on iron deficiency in teenagers: A cross-sectional study
Median ferritin in women with and without heavy menstrual bleeding (HMB), stratified by diet (omnivore vs meat restricted). Credit: Söderman et al., 2025, PLOS One, CC-BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

The odds of iron deficiency in adolescent girls are almost 14 times higher among those who experience heavy menstruation and follow a meat-restricted diet, compared to girls with normal menstruation who eat an omnivorous diet

Article URL : https://plos.io/4883ZTd

Article title: Exploring the effect of menstrual loss and dietary habits on iron deficiency in teenagers: A cross-sectional study

Author countries: Canada, Sweden.

Funding: Open access funding provided by Karolinska Institutet. This study was funded by the Southern Health Care Region of Sweden, the Lions Research Fund Skåne, and Regional Funding for Clinical Research (USVE), awarded to MW. A grant from the Vetenskapsrådet (2023-06565) funded the participation of LS. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.

PLOS One

10.1371/journal.pone.0336688

Exploring the effect of menstrual loss and dietary habits on iron deficiency in teenagers: A cross-sectional study

3-Dec-2025

Lisa Söderman and Moa Wolff received an honorarium for an educational webinar by Pharmacosmos. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Keywords

Diets Health and Medicine Life Sciences Menstruation Physiology

Article Information

Journal
PLOS One
DOI
10.1371/journal.pone.0336688
Article Publication Date
2025-12-03
Article Title
Exploring the effect of menstrual loss and dietary habits on iron deficiency in teenagers: A cross-sectional study
COI Statement
Lisa Söderman and Moa Wolff received an honorarium for an educational webinar by Pharmacosmos. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

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Hanna Abdallah
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APA:
PLOS. (2025, December 3). The odds of iron deficiency in adolescent girls are almost 14 times higher among those who experience heavy menstruation and follow a meat-restricted diet, compared to girls with normal menstruation who eat an omnivorous diet. Brightsurf News. https://www.brightsurf.com/news/LKNDKEWL/the-odds-of-iron-deficiency-in-adolescent-girls-are-almost-14-times-higher-among-those-who-experience-heavy-menstruation-and-follow-a-meat-restricted-diet-compared-to-girls-with-normal-menstruation-wh.html
MLA:
"The odds of iron deficiency in adolescent girls are almost 14 times higher among those who experience heavy menstruation and follow a meat-restricted diet, compared to girls with normal menstruation who eat an omnivorous diet." Brightsurf News, Dec. 3 2025, https://www.brightsurf.com/news/LKNDKEWL/the-odds-of-iron-deficiency-in-adolescent-girls-are-almost-14-times-higher-among-those-who-experience-heavy-menstruation-and-follow-a-meat-restricted-diet-compared-to-girls-with-normal-menstruation-wh.html.