Open Access#12011
EVALUATION OF MEAT AS A FIRST COMPLEMENTARY FOOD FOR BREASTFED INFANTS: IMPACT ON IRON INTAKE & GROWTH
Hambidge, K. Michael; Krebs, Nancy F; Sheng, Xiaoyang; Jiang, Tianjiang; Mazariegos, Manolo; Garces, Ana; Li, Dinghua; Westcott, Jamie
Hambidge, K. Michael; Krebs, Nancy F; Sheng, Xiaoyang; Jiang, Tianjiang; Mazariegos, Manolo; Garces, Ana; Li, Dinghua; Westcott, Jamie; Tshefu, Antoinette; Sami, Neelofar; Chomba, Elwyn; Pasha, Omrana; Lokangaka, Adrien; Goco, Norman; Manasyan, Albert; Wright, Linda L; Koso-Thomas, Marion; Bose, Carl; Goldenberg, Robert L; Carlo, Waldemar A; McClure, Elizabeth M
The rationale is considered for promoting the availability of local, affordable, non-fortified food sources of bioavailable iron in developing countries. Intakes of iron from the regular consumption of meat from the age of six months are evaluated with respect to physiological requirements. The paper includes a description of two major randomized controlled trials of meat as a first and regular complementary food that are currently in progress. These trials involve poor communities in Guatemala, Pakistan, Zambia, Democratic Republic of the Congo and China.