PMID: 9439220Jan 1, 1997Paper

Prevention of anaemia in inner-city toddlers by the use of a follow-on formula

Professional Care of Mother and Child
A Daly

Abstract

Results of research into preventing iron-deficiency anaemia in inner-city toddlers, published in full in Archives of Disease in Childhood (1996; 75: 9-16), are discussed by the authors. In a prospective study, 100 infants already receiving pasteurised cow's milk by six months old were randomly divided into two groups, one to receive a follow-on formula and the other to continue on cow's milk until aged 18 months. At 18 months one-third of the cow's milk group were anaemic compared with 2% of the formula group. The authors consider that if the same volume of standard infant formula had been given instead of a follow-on formula, substantially fewer of the children would have reached the correct reference nutrient intake for iron.

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