Is red meat required for the prevention of iron deficiency among children and adolescents?

Current Pediatric Reviews

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 177-183

  Savva, Savvas C ^a   Kafatos, Anthony ^b  

^a Research and Education Institute of Child Health   (Cyprus)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Children; Deficiency; Infants; Iron

Indexed keywords

IRON; IRON INTAKE;

AGE; ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; CHILD NUTRITION; CHRISTIAN; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DIET THERAPY; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON INTAKE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RED MEAT; RELIGION; SEX DIFFERENCE; TODDLER; VEGETARIAN DIET; ADOLESCENT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; BLOOD; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; DAIRY PRODUCT; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION; MEAT; MEDITERRANEAN DIET; NEWBORN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DAIRY PRODUCTS; DIET, MEDITERRANEAN; DIET, VEGETARIAN; FOOD HABITS; FOOD, FORTIFIED; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; INFANT, NEWBORN; IRON, DIETARY; MEAT; MENU PLANNING; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RELIGION; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84905583626     PISSN: 15733963     EISSN: 18756336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/157339631130900008     Document Type: Article

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