ArticleNutrients2023
Examining the Double Burden of Underweight, Overweight/Obesity and Iron Deficiency among Young Children in a Canadian Primary Care Setting.
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- Overnutrition is a risk factor for iron, but not for zinc or vitamin A deficiency in children and young people: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMJ global health · 2024Pooled it
- Pediatric Reference and Optimal Curves for Hemoglobin.JAMA network open · 2026Article
- Ferritin Reference Curves and Optimal Curves in Preadolescent Children.JAMA network open · 2026Article
- The Impact of Economic Income on BMI Trajectory Groups in Chinese Elderly Individuals: A Population-Based Longitudinal Study.Nutrients · 2024Article
- Unraveling Childhood Obesity: A Grounded Theory Approach to Psychological, Social, Parental, and Biological Factors.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
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Abstract
There is little evidence on the prevalence of the double burden and association between body mass index (BMI) and iron deficiency among young children living in high-income countries. We conducted a cross-sectional study of healthy children, 12-29 months of age, recruited during health supervision visits in Toronto, Canada, and concurrently measured BMI and serum ferritin. The prevalence of a double burden of underweight (zBMI < -2) and iron deficiency or overweight/obesity (zBMI > 2) and iron deficiency was calculated. Regression models examined BMI and serum ferritin as continuous and categorical variables, adjusted for covariates. We found the following in terms of prevalence among 1953 children (mean age 18.3 months): underweight 2.6%, overweight/obesity 4.9%, iron deficiency 13.8%, iron-deficiency anemia 5.4%, underweight and iron deficiency 0.4%, overweight/obesity and iron deficiency 1.0%. The change in median serum ferritin for each unit of zBMI was -1.31 µg/L (95% CI -1.93, -0.68,
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