What is the importance of iron for teenagers?

Answer 1

iron is required to manufacuture haemoglobin, which is the pigment present in Red blood cells responsible carrying oxygen around your body to all respiring cells. if you don't have enough iron you may suffer from anaemia, which means you got low no. of red blood cells. so what's the problem? you feel lethargic All the time you can't carry out any exercise without feeling out of breath you look pale you feel dizzy/light headed the problem is much more grave for women than men as they already lose a lot of blood each month in menstruation.