Back to Search
Start Over
Importance of Dietary Sources of Iron in Infants and Toddlers: Lessons from the FITS Study
- Source :
- Nutrients, Vol 9, Iss 7, p 733 (2017), Nutrients, Nutrients; Volume 9; Issue 7; Pages: 733
- Publication Year :
- 2017
- Publisher :
- MDPI AG, 2017.
-
Abstract
- 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.
- Subjects :
- Male
0301 basic medicine
Pediatrics
medicine.medical_specialty
cereal
Anemia
Cross-sectional study
Fortification
lcsh:TX341-641
feeding practices
Article
03 medical and health sciences
iron
0302 clinical medicine
030225 pediatrics
medicine
Humans
Weaning
Infant Nutritional Physiological Phenomena
nutrition
infant
anemia
dietary intake
weaning
030109 nutrition & dietetics
Nutrition and Dietetics
Anemia, Iron-Deficiency
business.industry
Incidence
Incidence (epidemiology)
digestive, oral, and skin physiology
Nutritional Requirements
food and beverages
Iron deficiency
medicine.disease
United States
Diet
Cross-Sectional Studies
Human nutrition
Food, Fortified
Mental Recall
Female
Edible Grain
business
lcsh:Nutrition. Foods and food supply
Iron, Dietary
Food Science
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 20726643
- Volume :
- 9
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Nutrients
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....1346bb705443a99eaeb6b733ce7c6a68