Iron Deficiency
Overweight Toddlers and Those Not in Day Care at Risk for Iron Deficiency
Published in Hematology Week, September 17th, 2007
Based on data from a national survey of 1,641 toddlers, the study found that 20 percent of overweight toddlers were iron-deficient, compared to 8 percent of those at risk for being overweight, and 7 percent of normal-weight toddlers.
The study, appearing in the September issue of the journal Pediatrics, is the first to report an association between iron deficiency and being overweight among children as young as 1 to 3 years old.
The study also found that 10 percent of the...
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Source: Hematology Week (2007-09-17)
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