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Efficacy of an iron-fortified infant cereal to reduce the risk of iron deficiency anemia in young children in East Cameroon.
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- Health outcomes associated with micronutrient-fortified complementary foods in infants and young children aged 6-23 months: a systematic review and meta-analysis.The Lancet. Child & adolescent health · 2022Pooled it
- Optimizing Weaning Strategies: A Consensus-Based Approach for Complementary Feeding in the Middle East and North Africa Region.Pediatric gastroenterology, hepatology & nutrition · 2025Review
- Prevention of anemia in children through the consumption of a blueberry and quinoa drink enriched with iron as part of a nutritional program.Frontiers in nutrition · 2025Article
- Value for health: how fortified infant cereals provide cost-effective solutions to iron deficiency anaemia in Egypt.Frontiers in nutrition · 2025Article
- Physicochemical and rheological characterizations of a novel exopolysaccharide EPSKar1 and its iron complex EPSKar1-Fe: Towards potential iron-fortification applications.Current research in food science · 2023Article
- Food fortification strategies to deliver nutrients for the management of iron deficiency anaemia.Current research in food science · 2022Review
- Community Preventive Health Education Intervention for Pediatric Iron-Deficiency Anemia in Rural Southeast Nigeria.Annals of global health · 2022Article
- Effect of iron-fortified infant cereal on nutritional status of infants in Ghana.Food science & nutrition · 2022Article
- Persistence of anaemia among Samoan preschool age children: a longitudinal study.Public health nutrition · 2021Article
- Efficacy of an iron-fortified infant cereal to reduce the risk of iron deficiency anemia in young children in East Cameroon.Food science & nutrition · 2020Article
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Abstract
Complementary foods in Africa are often poor sources of bioavailable iron. We assessed the efficacy of iron-fortified wheat-based infant cereal (IC) to reduce the risk of iron deficiency anemia in children aged 18-59 months in Cameroon. A 6-month double-blind, cluster-randomized controlled trial was conducted in 2017 among anemic (hemoglobin 7-11 g/dl) but otherwise healthy children. In conjunction with usual diet, children received two 50 g servings/day of a standard, micronutrient-fortified IC (providing 3.75 mg iron/serving;
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