Background: Absorption factors are required to convert physiologic requirements for iron into
Dietary Reference Values, but the absorption from single meals cannot be used to estimate …

The percent absorption of iron from four dietary sources was compared in 2018 human
subjects with three indicators of iron status, serum ferritin concentration, percent saturation of …

Background: Short-term measurements of iron absorption are substantially influenced by
dietary bioavailability of iron, yet bioavailability negligibly affects serum ferritin in longer …

Background: Considerable data are available on the individual effects of dietary factors on
nonheme-iron absorption, but their combined effect when they are present in the same meal …

Many algorithms have been developed in the past few decades to estimate nonheme iron
absorption from the diet based on single meal absorption studies. Yet single meal studies …

Currently there are no satisfactory methods for estimating dietary iron absorption
(bioavailability) at a population level, but this is essential for deriving dietary reference …

Iron differs from other minerals because iron balance in the human body is regulated by
absorption only because there is no physiologic mechanism for excretion. On the basis of …

Background: Results of cross-sectional studies suggest that in healthy people, iron
absorption adapts to meet physiologic needs and stabilize iron stores, but this has not been …

Iron is an essential element for human life since it participates in many functions in the
human body, including oxygen transport, immunity, cell division and differentiation, and …

Iron deficiency, a global health problem, impairs reproductive performance, cognitive
development, and work capacity. One proposed strategy to address this problem is the …