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Iron intake and iron nutritional status of infants fed iron-fortified beikost with meat . We compared iron intake and iron nutritional status of two groups of healthy term infants who received meat-containing baby foods fortified with ferrous sulphate ( 2 mg Fe/100 g ) . One group received an Fe-fortified formula ( 1.6 mg Fe/100 kcal ) and the other a nonfortified formula . Fe intake of the group fed the nonfortified formula was significantly lower ( p less than 0.0001 ) . These infants received Fe mainly from fortification Fe with beikost ( 75-86 % ) and less than 10 % met the recommended intake of 1 mg.kg-1.d-1 ; whereas 80-85 % of the infants fed the Fe-fortified formula did . Hb , Hct , FEP , and ferritin were similar in both groups with the exception of lower ferritin values at age 365 d ( p less than 0.05 ) in the group fed the nonfortified formula . No infant had hemoglobin less than 100 g/L . We conclude that regular consumption of commercially prepared Fe-fortified beikost with meat prevents most healthy term infants from Fe deficiency even if Fe intake is substantially below the recommended intake .
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Intervention_Pharmacological
Iron intake and iron nutritional status
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Intervention_Pharmacological
iron-fortified beikost with meat
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Intervention_Pharmacological
meat-containing baby foods fortified with ferrous sulphate
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Intervention_Pharmacological
Fe-fortified formula
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Intervention_Other
and the other a
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Intervention_Control
nonfortified formula
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Intervention_Pharmacological
Fe intake
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Intervention_Pharmacological
Fe mainly from fortification Fe with beikost
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Intervention_Pharmacological
Fe-fortified formula
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Intervention_Pharmacological
commercially prepared Fe-fortified beikost with meat
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Outcome_Physical
Hb , Hct , FEP , and ferritin
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Outcome_Physical
hemoglobin