Effects of Pubertal Status and Inflammation on the Use of Ferritin to Define Iron Deficiency in Children With Overweight or Obesity.

Maria Luz MuzzioEzequiel S Lozano ChiappeLaura KabakianFlorencia FerraroInes LandóElizabeth AlonsoJorgelina FernándezSoledad PeredoLucrecia BrovaroneMaria Pia SantucciTomás Meroño

Published in: Nutrition and metabolic insights (2019)

Higher ferritin cut-off values are required to define ID in children with OW/OB. Such cut-off remains to be validated in larger, multi-ethnic cohorts of children with OW/OB.

Keyphrases

iron deficiency
young adults
weight loss
oxidative stress
type diabetes
insulin resistance
physical activity