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Iron Supplements Reduce Behavior Problems in Low Birth Weight Infants

Elk Grove Village, IL–(ENEWSPF)–December 10, 2012.  A study in Pediatrics found giving iron supplements to low birth weight infants reduces the risk of behavior problems later in life. The study, “Effects of Iron Supplementation on LBW Infants on Cognition and Behavior at 3 Years,” is published in the January 2013 issue and released online Dec. 10, 2012. In the randomized controlled trial, researchers in Sweden gave 285 marginally low birth weight infants either…

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