Iron deficiency is a global problem across the life course, but infants and their mothers are
especially vulnerable to both the development and the consequences of iron deficiency …

Iron is an essential nutrient, and individual iron status is determined by the regulation of iron
absorption, which is driven by iron requirements. Iron deficiency (ID) disproportionately …

Abstract The Applied Research Group for Kids (TARGet Kids!) is an ongoing open
longitudinal cohort study enrolling healthy children (from birth to 5 years of age) and …

Objective To assess how pregnancy anaemia affects the offspring's early childhood
development, child haemoglobin (Hb) levels child growth and diseases incidence 2 years …

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES A landmark longitudinal study, conducted in Costa Rica
in the 1980s, found that children with chronic iron deficiency compared with good iron status …

Background Few cross-sectional studies report iron deficiency (ID) prevalence in women of
different race/ethnicity and ages in US or Canada. Materials and methods We evaluated …

Background: Breastfeeding plays an important role in child health. However, there are
doubts about its influence on malocclusions. Systematic reviews have yielded contradictory …

Objective To assess associations between breastfeeding and iron status at 9 months of age
in 2 samples of Chinese infants. Study design Associations between feeding at 9 months of …

ObjectivesFe-deficiency anaemia (IDA) occurs in 1–2% of infants in developed countries,
peaks at 1–3 years of age and is associated with later cognitive deficits. The objectives of …

The aim of this study was to evaluate iron and zinc concentrations in the mature human milk
(HM) and to investigate the relationship between these concentrations and maternal factors …