Iron fortified follow on formula from 9 to 18 months improves iron status but not development or growth: a randomised trial

Ruth Morley; Rebecca Abbott; Susan Fairweather-Tait; Una MacFadyen; Terence Stephenson; Alan Lucas

doi:10.1136/adc.81.3.247

Iron fortified follow on formula from 9 to 18 months improves iron status but not development or growth: a randomised trial

Ruth Morley, Rebecca Abbott, Susan Fairweather-Tait, Una MacFadyen, Terence Stephenson, Alan Lucas

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Abstract

Iron deficiency anaemia is associated, in observational studies, with developmental disadvantage. This study tested the hypothesis that feeding iron supplemented formula from 9 to 18 months of age would improve developmental performance.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	247-252
Number of pages	6
Journal	Archives of Disease in Childhood
Volume	81
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1136/adc.81.3.247
Publication status	Published - Sep 1999

Keywords

Anemia, Iron-Deficiency
Animals
Anthropometry
Child Development
Female
Ferritins
Food, Fortified
Growth
Hemoglobins
Humans
Infant
Infant Nutritional Physiological Phenomena
Iron, Dietary
Male
Milk
Psychomotor Performance

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