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Importance of Dietary Sources of Iron in Infants and Toddlers: Lessons from the FITS Study
Iron deficiency (ID) affects 13.5% of 1–2 years old children in the US and may have a negative impact on neurodevelopment and behavior. Iron-fortified infant cereal is the primary non-heme iron source among infants aged 6–11.9 months. The objective of this study was to compare iron intakes of infant...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5537847/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28696361 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu9070733 |
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author | Finn, Kristen Callen, Cheryl Bhatia, Jatinder Reidy, Kathleen Bechard, Lori J. Carvalho, Ryan |
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description | Iron deficiency (ID) affects 13.5% of 1–2 years old children in the US and may have a negative impact on neurodevelopment and behavior. Iron-fortified infant cereal is the primary non-heme iron source among infants aged 6–11.9 months. The objective of this study was to compare iron intakes of infant cereal users with non-users. Data from the Feeding Infants and Toddlers Study 2008 were used for this analysis. Based on a 24-h recall, children between the ages of 4–17.9 months were classified as ‘cereal users’ if they consumed any amount or type of infant cereal and ‘non-users’ if they did not. Infant cereal was the top source of dietary iron among infants aged 6–11.9 months. The majority of infants (74.6%) aged 6–8.9 months consumed infant cereal, but this declined to 51.5% between 9–11.9 months and 14.8% among 12–17.9 months old toddlers. Infant cereal users consumed significantly more iron than non-users across all age groups. Infants and toddlers who consume infant cereal have higher iron intakes compared to non-users. Given the high prevalence of ID, the appropriate use of infant cereals in a balanced diet should be encouraged to reduce the incidence of ID and ID anemia. |
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spelling | pubmed-55378472017-08-04 Importance of Dietary Sources of Iron in Infants and Toddlers: Lessons from the FITS Study Finn, Kristen Callen, Cheryl Bhatia, Jatinder Reidy, Kathleen Bechard, Lori J. Carvalho, Ryan Nutrients Article Iron deficiency (ID) affects 13.5% of 1–2 years old children in the US and may have a negative impact on neurodevelopment and behavior. Iron-fortified infant cereal is the primary non-heme iron source among infants aged 6–11.9 months. The objective of this study was to compare iron intakes of infant cereal users with non-users. Data from the Feeding Infants and Toddlers Study 2008 were used for this analysis. Based on a 24-h recall, children between the ages of 4–17.9 months were classified as ‘cereal users’ if they consumed any amount or type of infant cereal and ‘non-users’ if they did not. Infant cereal was the top source of dietary iron among infants aged 6–11.9 months. The majority of infants (74.6%) aged 6–8.9 months consumed infant cereal, but this declined to 51.5% between 9–11.9 months and 14.8% among 12–17.9 months old toddlers. Infant cereal users consumed significantly more iron than non-users across all age groups. Infants and toddlers who consume infant cereal have higher iron intakes compared to non-users. Given the high prevalence of ID, the appropriate use of infant cereals in a balanced diet should be encouraged to reduce the incidence of ID and ID anemia. MDPI 2017-07-11 /pmc/articles/PMC5537847/ /pubmed/28696361 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu9070733 Text en © 2017 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Finn, Kristen Callen, Cheryl Bhatia, Jatinder Reidy, Kathleen Bechard, Lori J. Carvalho, Ryan Importance of Dietary Sources of Iron in Infants and Toddlers: Lessons from the FITS Study |
title | Importance of Dietary Sources of Iron in Infants and Toddlers: Lessons from the FITS Study |
title_full | Importance of Dietary Sources of Iron in Infants and Toddlers: Lessons from the FITS Study |
title_fullStr | Importance of Dietary Sources of Iron in Infants and Toddlers: Lessons from the FITS Study |
title_full_unstemmed | Importance of Dietary Sources of Iron in Infants and Toddlers: Lessons from the FITS Study |
title_short | Importance of Dietary Sources of Iron in Infants and Toddlers: Lessons from the FITS Study |
title_sort | importance of dietary sources of iron in infants and toddlers: lessons from the fits study |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5537847/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28696361 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu9070733 |
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