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Today anemia severely limits the ability of women to reproduce and negatively impacts the health of mothers before, during, and after labour. Changes to diet and levels of activity have a direct effect on the amount of iron stored in my body; especially for women aged 15 through 49. Consuming less than enough iron and poorly available forms of iron, not consuming adequate amounts of other essential vitamins and nutrients, along with overall undernourishment lead to anemia. If you can maintain a balanced diet that provides proper nutrition to support reproductive functions, you can increase the likelihood that you will be able to remain healthy throughout your life. Identification of these issues will lead to better developed and implemented responses for nutrition, care, and feeding that are based upon population-based behaviours or tendencies.