Russian women have experienced a rise in iron deficiency due to…
Russian women have experienced a rise in iron deficiency due to diets and gastrointestinal issues, leading to a 14% increase in demand for iron supplements in the first half of 2026, with 8.5 million packages sold for nearly 8 billion rubles.
Consensus
- The demand for iron supplements among Russian women has increased by nearly 14%.
- In the first half of 2026, 8.5 million packages of iron supplements were purchased in Russia.
- The total value of these purchases was nearly 8 billion rubles.
- Compared to the same period in 2025, the number of packages sold increased by 13.7%.
- The increase in sales led to a 17.9% rise in profit.
- Gynecologists and hematologists link the rise in demand to symptoms such as chronic fatigue, drowsiness, dizziness, and hair loss.
- Low ferritin levels, which store iron in the body, are often the cause of these symptoms.
- Iron deficiency is increasingly associated with lifestyle factors such as strict diets, low iron intake, and gastrointestinal problems that impair iron absorption.
Points of divergence
- The increase in demand for iron supplements is attributed to both diets and gastrointestinal problems. — riamo
- The increase in demand for iron supplements is linked to diets and gastrointestinal problems. — tg_bazabazon
Coverage (2 sources)
- Diets and gastrointestinal problems: Russian women have begun buying iron supplements 14% more often — РИАМО
- Russian women are increasingly suffering from iron deficiency in the body due to diets and gastrointestinal problems — on this background, demand for the drug... — Baza