1. Evaluation of meat as a first complementary food for breastfed infants: impact on iron intake.
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Hambidge, K Michael, Sheng, Xiaoyang, Mazariegos, Manolo, Jiang, Tianjiang, Garces, Ana, Li, Dinghua, Westcott, Jamie, Tshefu, Antoinette, Sami, Neelofar, Pasha, Omrana, Chomba, Elwyn, Lokangaka, Adrien, Goco, Norman, Manasyan, Albert, Wright, Linda L, Koso-Thomas, Marion, Bose, Carl, Goldenberg, Robert L, Carlo, Waldemar A, and McClure, Elizabeth M
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DEFICIENCY disease prevention ,BABY foods ,BIOAVAILABILITY ,DEVELOPING countries ,DIET ,EXPERIMENTAL design ,INFANTS ,INFANT nutrition ,IRON ,RESEARCH methodology ,MEAT ,NUTRITIONAL requirements ,CHILDREN - Abstract
The rationale for promoting the availability of local, affordable, non-fortified food sources of bioavailable iron in developing countries is considered in this review. Intake of iron from the regular consumption of meat from the age of 6 months is evaluated with respect to physiological requirements. Two major randomized controlled trials evaluating meat as a first and regular complementary food are described in this article. These trials are presently in progress in poor communities in Guatemala, Pakistan, Zambia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and China. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2011
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