In overweight and obese women, dietary iron absorption is reduced and the enhancement of iron absorption by ascorbic acid is one-half that in normal-weight women

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 102, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1389-1397

  Cepeda Lopez, Ana C ^a,b   Melse Boonstra, Alida ^a   Zimmermann, Michael B ^c   Herter Aeberli, Isabelle ^c  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE MONTERREY   (Mexico)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Inflammation; Iron absorption; Obesity; Overweight; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

ALPHA1 GLYCOPROTEIN; ASCORBIC ACID; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CARBOXYHEMOGLOBIN; FERRITIN; HEMOGLOBIN; HEPCIDIN; INTERLEUKIN 6; IRON; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR; HAMP PROTEIN, HUMAN; IRON INTAKE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD VOLUME; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; IRON ABSORPTION; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; IRON INTAKE; OBESITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TEST MEAL; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; BLOOD; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOWN REGULATION; INTESTINE ABSORPTION; MEAL; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHOTON ABSORPTIOMETRY; RISK; SWITZERLAND; YOUNG ADULT;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; ADIPOSITY; ADULT; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; ASCORBIC ACID; BODY MASS INDEX; BREAKFAST; DOWN-REGULATION; FEMALE; FOOD, FORTIFIED; HEPCIDINS; HUMANS; INTESTINAL ABSORPTION; IRON ISOTOPES; IRON, DIETARY; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; RISK; SWITZERLAND; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84948807552     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: 19383207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.114.099218     Document Type: Article

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