Overweight impairs efficacy of iron supplementation in iron-deficient South African children: A randomized controlled intervention

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 24-30

  Baumgartner, J ^a,b   Smuts, C M ^a   Aeberli, I ^b   Malan, L ^a   Tjalsma, H ^c   Zimmermann, M B ^b  

^a NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

child; hepcidin; iron deficiency; nutrition transition; overweight

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; FERRITIN; FERROUS SULFATE; HEMOGLOBIN; HEPCIDIN; PLACEBO; PROTOPORPHYRIN ZINC; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; IRON ABSORPTION; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORNING DOSAGE; OBESITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHILD; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; IRON; MALE; OVERWEIGHT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROTOPORPHYRINS; RECEPTORS, TRANSFERRIN; RISK FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; TRANSFERRIN;

EID: 84872110776     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: 14765497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ijo.2012.145     Document Type: Article

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