Associations of fish and meat intake with iron and anaemia in Malawian children

• Main Authors: E. Rochelle Werner (Author), Charles D. Arnold (Author), Bess L. Caswell (Author), Lora L. Iannotti (Author), Kenneth M. Maleta (Author), Christine P. Stewart (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wiley, 2024-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Animal flesh foods are rich in bioavailable iron but infrequently consumed by young children. We aimed to determine whether flesh food intake was associated with iron and anaemia status among 585 Malawian infants enroled in a 6‐month egg‐feeding trial. The percentage of days of small fish,...