Relationship Between being Overweight and Iron Deficiency in Adolescents

• Main Authors: Ya-Fang Huang (Author), Teck-Siang Tok (Author), Chin-Li Lu (Author), Hsing-Ching Ko (Author), Min-Yu Chen (Author), Solomon Chih-Cheng Chen (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2015-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Being overweight has been considered to be a risk factor of iron deficiency (ID). The objective of this study was to examine the relationship between being overweight and body iron status among Taiwanese adolescents. Methods: A total of 2099 adolescents (1327 female) aged 12-19 years from four middl...