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Review
. 2011 Nov;69 Suppl 1(0 1):S57-63.
doi: 10.1111/j.1753-4887.2011.00434.x.

Evaluation of meat as a first complementary food for breastfed infants: impact on iron intake

K Michael Hambidge  1 , Xiaoyang Sheng, Manolo Mazariegos, Tianjiang Jiang, Ana Garces, Dinghua Li, Jamie Westcott, Antoinette Tshefu, Neelofar Sami, Omrana Pasha, Elwyn Chomba, Adrien Lokangaka, Norman Goco, Albert Manasyan, Linda L Wright, Marion Koso-Thomas, Carl Bose, Robert L Goldenberg, Waldemar A Carlo, Elizabeth M McClure, Nancy F Krebs
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Evaluation of meat as a first complementary food for breastfed infants: impact on iron intake

K Michael Hambidge et al. Nutr Rev. 2011 Nov.

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.

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