Examining the Double Burden of Underweight, Overweight/Obesity and Iron Deficiency among Young Children in a Canadian Primary Care Setting.

ABSTRACT: There is little evidence on the prevalence of the double burden and association between body mass index (BMI) and iron deficiency among young children living in high-income countries. We conducted a cross-sectional study of healthy children, 12-29 months of age, recruited during health supervision visits in Toronto, Canada, and concurrently measured BMI and serum ferritin. The prevalence of a double burden of underweight (zBMI < -2) and iron deficiency or overweight/obesity (zBMI > 2) and iron deficiency was calculated. Regression models examined BMI and serum ferritin as continuous and categorical variables, adjusted for covariates. We found the following in terms of prevalence among 1953 children (mean age 18.3 months): underweight 2.6%, overweight/obesity 4.9%, iron deficiency 13.8%, ir

SUBMITTER: Borkhoff SA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10458882 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature