Iron deficiency important to assess in children adopted from institutional settings
Iron deficiency predicts lower IQ scores and poor higher-order thinking skills in children adopted from institutional settings like orphanages, according to a new longitudinal study.The study analyzed data on 55 children adopted from international institutions, with a focus on nutritional status.
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Iron deficiency important to assess in children adopted from institutional settings
March 10, 2014 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: children-adopted, deficiency-predicts, focus-on-nutritional, from-institutional, from-international, new-longitudinal, nutrition, nutritional counseling, poor-higher-order
