The Role of Bioanthropology in the Infant Formula Industry

Dietary Iron Status of American Infants

Bibliographic Data

ID6013077
AuthorsAlan S Ryan (0000-0002-8289-8197, Ross Laboratories (United States), corresponding author)
Year1988
Volume7
Issue2
Pages39-56
Publication date1988-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueCentral Issues in Anthropology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0739-7917 • E-ISSN: 1937-6227
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1525/cia.1988.7.2.39
OpenAlexW2077267922
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited25

Bioanthropological methods and quantitative skills provided the tools needed to design and implement a large‐scale national survey of infant food consumption and dietary status. This article considers dietary iron intake of 847 American infants ranging in age from 6.5 months to 13.4 months. Iron intake was evaluated according to demographic characteristics and for different foods (cow's milk, iron‐fortified formula, non‐ironfortified formula, infant ceral, commercial baby food, and homeprepared table food) . Results indicated that, across all demographic characteristics considered, a large proportion of infants who were fed a diet that included either cow's milk or non‐iron‐fortified formula received amounts of iron below the RDA. In contrast, infants who were fed a diet that contained an ironfortified formula had median intakes of iron above the RDA. The results also underscore the importance of the WIC program (Special Supplemental Food Program for Women, Infants, and Children) in meeting the iron needs of high‐risk infants. The implications of low iron intake during infancy are considered in relation to aspects of growth and development

Biology · Dietary iron · Environmental health · Infant formula · Iron deficiency · Iron status · Child Nutrition and Water Access · Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations · Iron Metabolism and Disorders · Medicine · Food Science · Pediatrics

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