Why are children at risk of iron toxicity?
What will be an ideal response?
Young children also are at risk because they are growing fast and typically have low intakes of iron-rich meat and high intakes of iron-poor cow's milk. One in 4 children in the U.S. ages 12 to 23 months has intakes below the RDA, increasing the risk of iron deficiency. In the U.S., iron-fortified formulas and cereals provided by the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) to children from limited-resource families who are at nutritional risk have been instrumental in decreasing rates of iron deficiency anemia. However, in less developed countries, many young children are iron deficient because iron supplementation programs frequently are not available.
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