INTRODUCTION
anaemia
ANAEMIA, IRON DEFICIENCY
Society is currently facing an epidemic of mental health problems, with a worrying increase in the prevalence of behavioural and psychological problems in childhood (Barican et al., Prenatal iron deficiency (ID) has been associated with poorer cognitive development, intelligence quotient (IQ), and executive functions in children, even in mild stages without signs of anaemia (Gaillard et al., According to previous findings, prenatal iron supplementation is effective in improving maternal haematological outcomes (Peña‐Rosas et al., 