Overweight toddlers are nearly three times as likely to suffer from iron deficiency compared to those of healthy weight, according to the results of a new study published in the journal Pediatrics.
Researchers examined health data from the 1999-2002 National Health and Examination Survey on 960 children in the United States between the ages of 1 and 3. Each participating child had undergone three separate blood tests for iron deficiency. The survey was conducted by a division of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Twenty percent of overweight toddlers tested positive for iron deficiency, in comparison with only 7 percent of the children of normal weight.
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