PEDIATRICS Vol. 81 No. 3 March 1988, pp. 360-364
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Lack of Adverse Reactions to Iron-Fortified Formula

Steven E. Nelson BA1, Ekhard E. Ziegler MD1, Amy M. Copeland BS1, Barbara B. Edwards RN1, and Samuel J. Fomon MD1

1 From the Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City

Some physicians are reluctant to recommend feeding of iron-fortified formulas to infants because of a fear of adverse reactions. In crossover studies, parents' records were compared with regard to their infant's behavior (fussiness, cramps, regurgitation, flatus, colic) and stool characteristics during periods when iron-fortified formulas were fed and periods when noniron-fortified formulas were fed. No statistically significant feeding-related difference was noted except for stool color.

Key Words: iron-fortified formula • infant feeding

Submitted on April 21, 1987
Accepted on June 15, 1987




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