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PEDIATRICS Vol. 106 No. 5 Supplement November 2000, pp. 1295-1297

Iron and Zinc Intake From Complementary Foods: Some Issues From Pakistan

Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta, MB, PhD

Husein Lalji Dewraj Professor of Pediatrics The Aga Khan University, Karachi Karachi, Pakistan

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Background

The recent WHO/UNICEF review of complementary feeding in developing countries recognized that iron and zinc requirements may be difficult to meet from nonfortified complementary foods.1 This may be compounded by iron and zinc deficiency in mothers,2 predisposing to deficiency in young and especially low birth weight infants.3 Diarrheal illnesses and helminthiasis may increase micronutrient requirements. Figure 1 shows plasma levels for retinol-binding protein and zinc among young infants presenting with diarrhea in Karachi, Pakistan, indicating that plasma zinc concentration was significantly lower . . . [Full Text of this Article]