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Article: Health: No iron deficiency in breastfed babies.
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- PPI - Pakistan Press International
- Article date:
- March 27, 2008
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Karachi, March 27 (PPI): Exclusively breastfed babies born after 37-42 weeks of gestation are less prone to iron-deficiency at the age of six months. It is believed that breast milk in itself provides adequate nutrition for the first 6 months of life of most infants. Although breast milk is low in iron, infants can absorb it much more easily than they absorb the iron in a fortified formula.In general, it is recommended that breastfed babies start on iron-fortified foods, like infant cereal, at about 6 months after birth. To assess the role of breastfeeding in preventing iron deficiency, researchers in Delhi followed 129 full-term babies born to 68 mothers with normal ...