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Iron-Rich Complementary Foods: Imperative for All Infants

Nearly 1 in 5 (18%) infants in the United States is not consuming sufficient iron. A deficiency of iron during early life may be associated with long-term neurodevelopmental consequence(s). The 2020–2025 Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGA) are the first DGA to address recommendations for children...

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Autores principales: Van Elswyk, Mary E, Murray, Robert D, McNeill, Shalene H
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8546153/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34712894
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cdn/nzab117
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description Nearly 1 in 5 (18%) infants in the United States is not consuming sufficient iron. A deficiency of iron during early life may be associated with long-term neurodevelopmental consequence(s). The 2020–2025 Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGA) are the first DGA to address recommendations for children under 2 y of age. The 2020 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee scientific report includes food-group combinations emphasizing iron-rich foods for 6–12-mo-old infants, but these examples did not meet criteria to establish DGA recommended dietary patterns; consequently, iron-rich dietary patterns for ages 6–12 mo are not provided in the 2020–2025 DGA. The 2020–2025 DGA encourage iron-rich foods by 6 mo of age while emphasizing the importance “particularly for infants fed human milk.” Early feeding transitions are dynamic and milk feeding groups are rarely static or exclusive such that emphasizing milk feeding groups may become confusing. Risk-to-benefit favors iron-rich complementary feeding for all infants.
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spelling pubmed-85461532021-10-27 Iron-Rich Complementary Foods: Imperative for All Infants Van Elswyk, Mary E Murray, Robert D McNeill, Shalene H Curr Dev Nutr Perspectives and Opinions Nearly 1 in 5 (18%) infants in the United States is not consuming sufficient iron. A deficiency of iron during early life may be associated with long-term neurodevelopmental consequence(s). The 2020–2025 Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGA) are the first DGA to address recommendations for children under 2 y of age. The 2020 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee scientific report includes food-group combinations emphasizing iron-rich foods for 6–12-mo-old infants, but these examples did not meet criteria to establish DGA recommended dietary patterns; consequently, iron-rich dietary patterns for ages 6–12 mo are not provided in the 2020–2025 DGA. The 2020–2025 DGA encourage iron-rich foods by 6 mo of age while emphasizing the importance “particularly for infants fed human milk.” Early feeding transitions are dynamic and milk feeding groups are rarely static or exclusive such that emphasizing milk feeding groups may become confusing. Risk-to-benefit favors iron-rich complementary feeding for all infants. Oxford University Press 2021-09-16 /pmc/articles/PMC8546153/ /pubmed/34712894 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cdn/nzab117 Text en © The Author(s) 2021. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the American Society for Nutrition. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. For commercial re-use, please contact journals.permissions@oup.com
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Iron-Rich Complementary Foods: Imperative for All Infants
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title_short Iron-Rich Complementary Foods: Imperative for All Infants
title_sort iron-rich complementary foods: imperative for all infants
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8546153/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34712894
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cdn/nzab117
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