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Journal of the American College of Nutrition, Vol. 21, No. 2, 84-87 (2002)
Published by the American College of Nutrition

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Zinc Deficiency in Nursing Infants

José G. Dórea, PhD, FACN

Department of Nutrition, Universidade de Brasilia, Brasilia, BRAZIL

Address reprint requests to: Dr. José G. Dórea, C.P. 04322, Universidade de Brasilia, 70910-970, Brasilia, BRAZIL. E-mail: dorea{at}rudah.com.br

Zinc deficiency during nursing can occur even in breast-fed infants. Zinc reserves accumulated during fetal development modulate the infant’s susceptibility to zinc deficiency. Improvement of maternal zinc nutrition during pregnancy is the key for infant’s zinc nutritional support and prevention of low-for-lactation-age zinc concentrations of breast-milk.

Key words: Zinc-deficiency, iron, breast-milk, fetus, supplementation




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