ObjectiveTo calculate the amount of bioavailable iron consumed among 6- to 12- month-old infants considering differences in bioavailability dietary sources and compare this with current recommended intakes.Study designWe used Feeding Infants Toddlers Study database intakes from 2016 estimated evaluate proportion whose calculated total daily absorbed fell below physiologic requirements, that is,...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE Although soy formula has been reported to support normal development, concerns exist regarding potential adverse developmental effects of phytochemicals associated with soy protein. This study characterized developmental status (mental, motor, and language) of breastfed (BF), milk-based formula-fed (MF), or soy protein-based formula-fed (SF) infants during the first yea...

Why not treat the mother-infant dyad, rather than infant alone, as achieving vitamin D sufficiency is equally important for the mothers. Compliance with daily oral vitamin D supplementation of infants is documented to be very poor even in the West [4,5]. Exposing infants to sunlight may be a more difficult proposition than medicinal supplements. While the natural way of augmenting the vitamin D...