Greater prevalence of iron deficiency in overweight and obese children and adolescents

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 416-418

  Pinhas Hamiel, O ^a,c   Newfield, R S ^b   Koren, I ^b   Agmon, Arnon ^b   Lilos, P ^a   Phillip, M ^a  

^a SCHNEIDER CHILDREN S MEDICAL CENTER OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^b CARMEL MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Anemia; Children; Iron deficiency; Obesity

Indexed keywords

IRON;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DISEASE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; IRON INTAKE; ISRAEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRON; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; OBESITY;

EID: 0037353012     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0802224     Document Type: Article

References (15)

1. Saloojee H, Pettifor JM. Iron deficiency and impaired child development. Br Med J 2001; 15: 1377-1378.
2. Bhatia D, Seshadri S. Growth performance in anemia and following iron supplementation. Indian Pediatr 1993; 30: 195-200.
3. Barlow ES, Dietz WH. Obesity evaluation and treatment: expert committee recommendations, Vol 102. The Maternal and Child Health Bureau, Health Resources and Services Administration and the Department of Health and Human Services. Pediatrics, 1998. p E29.
4. American Academy of Pediatrics, Committee on Practice and Ambulatory Medicine. Recommendations for preventive pediatric health care. Pediatrics 1995; 96: 373-374.
5. http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/about/major/nhanes/growtcarts/charts.htm
6. Dixon WJ (Chief ed). BMDP statistical software. University of California Press: Berkeley, CA; 1993.
7. Popkin B. Obesity is a worldwide phenomenon. Nutr Rev 1998; 56: 106-114.
8. Halterman JS, Kaczorowski MJ, Aligne AC, Auigner P, Szilagyij PG. Iron deficiency and cognitive achievement among school-aged children and adolescents in the United States. Pediatrics 2001; 107: 1381-1386.
9. Hinton PS, Giordano C, Brownlie T, Haas JD. Iron supplementation improves endurance after training in iron-depleted, non-anemic women. J Appl Physiol 2000; 888: 1103-1111.
10. Andrews NC. Disorders of iron metabolism. N Engl J Med 1999; 341: 1986-1995.
11. Conrad ME, Umbreit JN. A concise review: iron absorption - the mucin-mobilferrin-integrin pathway. A competitive pathway for metal absorption. Am J Hematol 1993; 42: 67.
12. Beguin Y, Grek V, Weber G, Sautois B, Paquot N, Pereira M, Scheen A, Lefebvre P, Fillet G. Acute functional iron deficiency in obese subjects during a very-low-energy all-protein diet. Am J Clin Nutr 1997; 66: 75-79.
13. Failla ML, Kennedy ML, Chen ML. Iron metabolism in genetically obese (ob/ob) mice. J Nutr 1988; 118: 46-51.
14. Gibson RS, MacDonald AC, Smit-Vanderkooy PD. Serum ferritin and dietary iron parameters in a sample of Canadian preschool children. J Can Dietetic Assoc 1988; 49: 23.
15. Haas JD, Brownlie T. Iron deficiency and reduced work capacity: a critical review of the research to determine a causal relationship. J Nutr 2001; 131: 676S-688S.