<A HREF="http://mp.medscape.com/cgi-bin1/DM/y/jbcf0EKZVT0D2P0FY1o0Al">Preventing Iron Deficiency in Toddlers: A Major Public Health Problem</A>

from <A HREF="http://www.medscape.com/viewpublication/873">Contemporary Pediatrics</A>
Posted 04/07/2003
Alvin N. Eden, MD

Near beginning: <<The striking reduction in the prevalence of iron deficiency
(ID) and iron deficiency anemia (IDA) during the first year of life has been
one of the major success stories of pediatrics.This reduction has largely
been the result of a rise in breastfeeding and ......>>

and at the end of the article;

<<I continue to advocate for the primary prevention of ID and IDA during the
second year of life with routine, daily supplementation of 10 mg of elemental
iron -- via iron-fortified vitamins, iron drops, or an iron-fortified
nutritional drink -- in 1- to 2-year-olds.>>

I have not read the entire article, but, scanning it, I *did not* see a
recommendation to continue breastfeeding up to and beyond 2 yrs of age.

Are we surprised?

Debbie Tobin
RN BSN IBCLC LCCE
Springfield, Virginia USA
In the Fairfax County suburbs outside the Washington DC beltway

<A HREF="www.BestBreastfeeding.Info">www.BestBreastfeeding.Info</A>











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