Neonatal Iron Status is Impaired by Maternal Obesity and Excessive Weight Gain during Pregnancy

OBJECTIVE: Maternal iron needs increase 6-fold during pregnancy, but obesity interferes with iron absorption. We hypothesized that maternal obesity impairs fetal iron status. STUDY DESIGN: 316 newborns with risk factors for infantile iron deficiency anemia (IDA) were studied to examine obesity durin...

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Autores principales: Phillips, Alyssa K., Roy, Sheila C., Lundberg, Rebecca, Guilbert, Theresa W., Auger, Anthony P., Blohowiak, Sharon E., Coe, Christopher L., Kling, Pamela J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4074453/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24651737
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/jp.2014.42

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4074453/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24651737
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/jp.2014.42

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