The Importance Of Preventing Iron Deficiency
Iron deficiency is a worldwide problem, especially in developing countries and among infants and pregnant women. In infancy, iron deficiency is associated with poorer cognitive, motor, and social-emotional outcomes. In a new study scheduled for publication in The Journal of Pediatrics, researchers report on a 25-year follow-up of infants studied in Costa Rica for iron deficiency…
July 2, 2013 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: 25-year-follow-up, blood / hematology, costa, costa-rica, developing-countries, infants-studied, iron-deficiency, journal, new-study, nutrition, pediatrics, poorer-cognitive, worldwide-problem
Heart Attack Risk Not Elevated By Dairy Consumption
Dairy products can be high in harmful saturated fat but not necessarily in risk to the heart. A newly published analysis of thousands of adults in Costa Rica found that their levels of dairy consumption had nothing to do statistically with their risk of a heart attack…
May 19, 2011 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: costa, costa-rica, dairy-consumption, harmful-saturated, heart, levels, newly-published, nutrition, nutrition / diet, nutritional counseling, oncalldietitian.com, risk, their-levels
