Ourwebsiteusescookiestoenhanceyourexperience.Bycontinuingtouseoursite,orclicking"Continue,"youareagreeingtoourCookiePolicy | Continue[SkiptoNavigation]TwitterFacebookEmailMoreThisIssueDownloadPDFFullTextShareTwitterFacebookEmailLinkedInCiteThisPermissionsArticleMay 1971FoodPicaandIronDeficiencyWilliamH.Crosby,MDAuthorAffiliationsBostonArchInternMed.1971;127(5):960-961.doi:10.1001/archinte.1971.00310170168027visualabstracticonVisualAbstracteditorialcommenticonEditorialCommentrelatedarticlesiconRelatedArticlesauthorinterviewiconInterviewsmultimediaiconMultimediaFullTextAbstractSomecontemporaryformsofpicahavebeenwellpublicized:clayeatinginTurkey,Iran,andthesouthernUnitedStates,starcheatinginournortheasternmegopolis,andiceeating(pagophagia)onUSAirForcebases.1-3Ofespecialpoignancyaretheillnessanddeathofghettochildrenwhoeatpeeling,lead-basedpaint.Matches-picausedtocausephosphoruspoisoninginchildren.Nowthedriedpaint-picacausesleadpoisoning.Picausuallyoccurswithirondeficiency.Muchdiscussionofthisassociationhasbeenofthechicken-or-the-eggvariety,whichcomesfirst?Doesirondeficiencycausepicaordoespicaleadtoirondeficiency?Whenawomaneatslittlebesideslaundrystarchsheiscertainlyinnegativeironbalance,andclayevidentlycontainssubstanceswhichchelateionizediron,preventingitsabsorption.Butthesearenotprimaryreasonsfortheirondeficiency-picasyndrome.Coltmanfoundinblindexperimentsthatiron-deficienticeeaterslosttheappetiteforicewithinFullTextDownloadPDFFullTextCiteThisCitationCrosbyWH.FoodPicaandIronDeficiency.ArchInternMed.1971;127(5):960–961.doi:10.1001/archinte.1971.00310170168027Downloadcitationfile:Ris(Zotero)EndNoteBibTexMedlarsProCiteRefWorksReferenceManagerMendeley©2021PermissionsCoronavirusResourceCenterOthersAlsoLikedSelectYourInterestsCustomizeyourJAMANetworkexperiencebyselectingoneormoretopicsfromthelistbelow.AcidBase,Electrolytes,FluidsAddictionMedicineAllergyandClinicalImmunologyAnesthesiologyAnticoagulationArtandImagesinPsychiatryBleedingandTransfusionCardiologyCaringfortheCriti