Increased Food Intake of Young Children Receiving a Zinc Supplement

Serum Zinc in Infants and Preschool Children in the Jeddah Area: Effect of Diet and Diarrhea in Relation to Growth

“…[39][40][41] This is also applicable to children above 1 year of age, as many of them had low serum zinc levels and suffered from various grades of stunting and/or wasting. Zinc deficiency might not be the limiting factor in this group of studied children, as a large percentage of them had low dietary intake, however, zinc supplementation of such children might improve their appetite, dietary intake and absorptions, as previously reported, 42 in addition to improving their immunocompetence, thus leading to improved nutritional status. Furthermore, children with below-normal anthropometric measurements and with low zinc status have been reported to show improved growth following zinc supplementation.…”

Iron, zinc and iodide status in Mexican children under 12 years and women 12-49 years of age: a probabilistic national survey

“…There is a large body of convincing evidence linking zinc deficiency to childhood growth stunting, 32 increased prevalence of common childhood infections such as diarrhea and pneumonia, 33 reduced appetite among children, 34 impaired neurobehavioral function, 35,36 delayed sexual maturation among adolescents, 37 poor pregnancy outcomes including low birth weight, preterm deliveries, maternal delivery complications, 38 and impaired immune function of the neonate, 39 and increased risk of infant mortality among low birth weight infants. 40 Despite these far reaching consequences, much remains to be learned about efficacious methods to prevent zinc deficiency.…”

Changes in Zinc and Copper Concentrations in Breast Milk and Blood of Japanese Women during Lactation.

“…Since the first description of human zinc deficiency in 1963 (4), many reports have appeared describing marginal to severe zinc deficiency in infants and children (5)(6)(7)(8)(9)(10)(11)(12)(13)(14)(15)(16)(17)(18)(19). Among these, several reports indicated that overt zinc deficiency occurs in early infancy probably due to an abnormally low zinc concentration in breast milk (8-10, 13, 15, 77, 18).…”