title: Evaluation of meat as a first complementary food for breastfed infants: impact on iron intake.
abstract: The rationale for promoting the availability of local, affordable, non-fortified food sources of bioavailable iron in developing countries is considered in this review. Intake of iron from the regular consumption of meat from the age of 6 months is evaluated with respect to physiological requirements. Two major randomized controlled trials evaluating meat as a first and regular complementary food are described in this article. These trials are presently in progress in poor communities in Guatemala, Pakistan, Zambia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and China.
authors: The University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, Colorado 80045, USA. Michael.Hambidge@ucdenver.edu
authors: K Michael
authors: KM
authors: Hambidge
authors: Xiaoyang
authors: X
authors: Sheng
authors: Manolo
authors: M
authors: Mazariegos
authors: Tianjiang
authors: T
authors: Jiang
authors: Ana
authors: A
authors: Garces
authors: Dinghua
authors: D
authors: Li
authors: Jamie
authors: J
authors: Westcott
authors: Antoinette
authors: A
authors: Tshefu
authors: Neelofar
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authors: Sami
authors: Omrana
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authors: Pasha
authors: Elwyn
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authors: Chomba
authors: Adrien
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authors: Lokangaka
authors: Norman
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authors: Goco
authors: Albert
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authors: Manasyan
authors: Linda L
authors: LL
authors: Wright
authors: Marion
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authors: Koso-Thomas
authors: Carl
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authors: Bose
authors: Robert L
authors: RL
authors: Goldenberg
authors: Waldemar A
authors: WA
authors: Carlo
authors: Elizabeth M
authors: EM
authors: McClure
authors: Nancy F
authors: NF
authors: Krebs
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001942:Breast Feeding; D002681:China; D015023:Democratic Republic of the Congo; D003906:Developing Countries; D006166:Guatemala; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007225:Infant Food; D019266:Iron, Dietary / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D008460:Meat; D009751:Nutritional Requirements; D010154:Pakistan; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; D014886:Weaning; D015024:Zambia
chemical_list: D019266:Iron, Dietary