Is there a better way to set population iron recommendations?

Frazer, David M.; Anderson, Gregory J.

doi:10.3945/ajcn.117.158188

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“…Subsequently, further refinements were made to the model using data from 2 nationally representative studies of adults in the UK and Ireland and a trial in elderly people in Norfolk, UK, and an interactive tool was published (482). An accompanying editorial (483) concluded that the model is likely to be widely used in populations for whom reliable dietary iron intake and status data are available. The method has several potential advantages.…”

Section: Estimation Of Iron Bioavailabilitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Biomarkers of Nutrition for Development (BOND)—Iron Review

Lynch¹,

Pfeiffer

Georgieff

et al. 2018

The Journal of Nutrition

235

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This is the fifth in the series of reviews developed as part of the Biomarkers of Nutrition for Development (BOND) program. The BOND Iron Expert Panel (I-EP) reviewed the extant knowledge regarding iron biology, public health implications, and the relative usefulness of currently available biomarkers of iron status from deficiency to overload. Approaches to assessing intake, including bioavailability, are also covered. The report also covers technical and laboratory considerations for the use of available biomarkers of iron status, and concludes with a description of research priorities along with a brief discussion of new biomarkers with potential for use across the spectrum of activities related to the study of iron in human health.The I-EP concluded that current iron biomarkers are reliable for accurately assessing many aspects of iron nutrition. However, a clear distinction is made between the relative strengths of biomarkers to assess hematological consequences of iron deficiency versus other putative functional outcomes, particularly the relationship between maternal and fetal iron status during pregnancy, birth outcomes, and infant cognitive, motor and emotional development. The I-EP also highlighted the importance of considering the confounding effects of inflammation and infection on the interpretation of iron biomarker results, as well as the impact of life stage. Finally, alternative approaches to the evaluation of the risk for nutritional iron overload at the population level are presented, because the currently designated upper limits for the biomarker generally employed (serum ferritin) may not differentiate between true iron overload and the effects of subclinical inflammation.

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Section: Estimation Of Iron Bioavailabilitymentioning

confidence: 99%