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Delaney T, Jackson J, Hudson N, Lecathelinais C, Brown AL, Young S, Wolfenden L, Craven P, Hayes M, Redman S, Wiggers J, Pinfold J, Liackman R, Groombridge D, Nathan N, Sutherland R, 'Breastfeeding and Early Infant Feeding Practices Among Women in the Hunter New England Region of New South Wales, Australia: A Cross Sectional Study', Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 36 (2025) [C1]
Issue Addressed: Exclusive breastfeeding to 6 months of age is recommended. Currently, there is a lack of Australian data exploring infant feeding behaviours and the sources of in... [more]
Issue Addressed: Exclusive breastfeeding to 6 months of age is recommended. Currently, there is a lack of Australian data exploring infant feeding behaviours and the sources of information women use to guide infant feeding decisions. This study aimed to describe (i) infant feeding practices (breastfeeding, infant formula/other fluids, introduction of solids) of women with infants aged 6¿8 months; and (ii) the information sources women use most frequently and find most helpful to make decisions regarding infant feeding practices. Methods: Between August and October 2021, 356 mother-infant dyads in the Hunter New England region of New South Wales, Australia, were surveyed. Descriptive statistics and Kaplan-Meier survival analyses were used to describe infant feeding practices and their timing (age in months). Results: While breastfeeding was initiated in 97% of infants, only 1% were exclusively breastfed to 6 months of age. In the first month of life, 21% of infants received formula, increasing to 51% by 6 months. The mean age of introducing solids was 5.3 months. The most frequently used and helpful sources of information for infant feeding included friends and family, child and family health nurses, and digital sources (e.g., websites). Conclusions: Infant feeding practices reported by Australian mothers remain inconsistent with the recommendations and should remain a key focus of public health nutrition efforts. So What?: Opportunity exists to provide consistent, credible, and evidence-based information via various modalities for both families and their support networks to promote best practice infant feeding.
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Yoong SL, Pearson N, Giles L, Lamont H, Wolfenden L, Jones J, Lecathelinais C, Naylor PJ, Okely A, Nathan N, Reilly K, Lorch R, Wiggers J, Jackson J, Lum M, Gillham K, Grady A, 'Impact of a multi-component implementation strategy to increase outdoor free play opportunities in early childhood education and care (ECEC) services: the get outside get active (GOGA) randomised controlled trial', International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 22 (2025) [C1]
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2024 |
Delaney T, Jackson J, Lecathelinais C, Clinton-McHarg T, Lamont H, Yoong SL, Wolfenden L, Sutherland R, Wyse R, 'Long-Term Effectiveness of a Multi-Strategy Choice Architecture Intervention in Increasing Healthy Food Choices of High-School Students From Online Canteens (Click & Crunch High Schools): Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial', JOURNAL OF MEDICAL INTERNET RESEARCH, 26 (2024)
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2024 |
Delaney T, Jackson JK, Brown AL, Lecathelinais C, Wolfenden L, Hudson N, Young S, Groombridge D, Pinfold J, Craven PD, Redman S, Wiggers J, Kingsland M, Hayes M, Sutherland R, 'Perceived Acceptability of Technology Modalities for the Provision of Universal Child and Family Health Nursing Support in the First 6-8 Months After Birth: Cross-Sectional Study', Jmir Pediatrics and Parenting, 7 (2024) [C1]
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2024 |
Grady A, Jackson J, Wolfenden L, Lum M, Milat A, Bauman A, Hodder R, Yoong SL, 'Assessing the scalability of evidence-based healthy eating and physical activity interventions in early childhood education and care: A cross-sectional study of end-user perspectives', AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH, 48 (2024) [C1]
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2023 |
Delaney T, Jackson J, Lecathelinais C, Yoong SL, Wolfenden L, Sutherland R, Webb E, Wyse R, 'Exploratory analysis of a cluster randomized controlled trial of a multi-strategy intervention delivered via online canteens on improving the nutritional quality of primary school students? pre-ordered foods & drinks at recess', APPETITE, 185 (2023) [C1]
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2023 |
Grady A, Jackson J, Wolfenden L, Lum M, Yoong SL, 'Assessing the scalability of healthy eating interventions within the early childhood education and care setting: secondary analysis of a Cochrane systematic review', PUBLIC HEALTH NUTRITION, 26, 3211-3229 (2023) [C1]
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2023 |
Reilly K, Jackson J, Lum M, Pearson N, Lecathelinais C, Wolfenden L, Turon H, Yoong SL, 'The impact of an e-newsletter or animated video to disseminate outdoor free-play information in relation to COVID-19 guidelines in New South Wales early childhood education and care services: a randomised controlled trial', BMC PUBLIC HEALTH, 23 (2023) [C1]
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2023 |
Yoong SL, Lum M, Wolfenden L, Jackson J, Barnes C, Hall AE, McCrabb S, Pearson N, Lane C, Jones JZ, Dinour L, McDonnell T, Booth D, Grady A, 'Healthy eating interventions delivered in early childhood education and care settings for improving the diet of children aged six months to six years', COCHRANE DATABASE OF SYSTEMATIC REVIEWS (2023) [C1]
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2023 |
Yoong SL, Lum M, Wolfenden L, Jackson J, Barnes C, Hall AE, McCrabb S, Pearson N, Lane C, Jones JZ, Nolan E, Dinour L, McDonnell T, Booth D, Grady A, 'Healthy eating interventions delivered in early childhood education and care settings for improving the diet of children aged six months to six years', COCHRANE DATABASE OF SYSTEMATIC REVIEWS (2023)
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2023 |
Jackson JK, Grady A, Lecathelinais C, Fielding A, Yoong SL, 'Parent-reported compared with researcher-measured child height and weight: impact on body mass index classification in Australian pre-school aged children', HEALTH PROMOTION JOURNAL OF AUSTRALIA, 34, 742-749 (2023) [C1]
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2022 |
Wyse RJ, Jackson JK, Hammersley ML, Stacey F, Jones RA, Okely A, Green A, Yoong SL, Lecathelinais C, Innes-Hughes C, Xu J, Gillham K, Rissel C, 'Parent Fruit and Vegetable Consumption Outcomes from the Translational 'Time for Healthy Habits' Trial: Secondary Outcomes from a Partially Randomized Preference Trial', INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH, 19 (2022) [C1]
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2022 |
Wyse R, Jackson J, Stacey F, Delaney T, Ivers A, Lecathelinais C, Sutherland R, 'The effectiveness of canteen manager audit and feedback reports and online menu-labels in encouraging healthier food choices within students' online lunch orders: A pilot cluster randomised controlled trial in primary school canteens in New South Wales, Australia', APPETITE, 169 (2022) [C1]
Online school canteen lunch ordering systems may offer a unique opportunity to support the implementation of school canteen nutrition polices, while delivering behavioural interve... [more]
Online school canteen lunch ordering systems may offer a unique opportunity to support the implementation of school canteen nutrition polices, while delivering behavioural interventions directly to consumers to influence healthy student purchasing. This cluster randomised controlled trial aimed to test the effectiveness of a menu audit and feedback strategy alone, and in combination with online menu labels in encouraging healthier purchasing from an online school canteen ordering system. Five intervention schools received a menu audit and feedback strategy, plus online menu labels; and five control schools received a delayed menu audit and feedback strategy. Data from 19,799 student lunch orders, containing over 40,000 items were included in the evaluation. Outcomes were assessed at baseline (pre-intervention), follow-up 1 (menu audit and feedback vs control), and follow-up 2 (menu audit and feedback plus online menu labels vs menu audit and feedback alone). From baseline to follow-up 1, the menu audit and feedback strategy alone had no significant effect on the proportion of healthy ('Everyday') and less healthy ('Occasional' or 'Should not be sold') items purchased. From baseline to follow-up 2, schools that received menu audit and feedback plus online menu labels had significantly higher odds of students purchasing 'Everyday' items (OR: 1.19; p = 0.019), and significantly lower odds of students purchasing 'Occasional' (OR: 0.86; p = 0.048) and 'Should not be sold' (OR: 0.52; p < 0.001) items. Menu audit and feedback with the addition of online menu labels was effective in increasing the proportion of healthy items purchased relative to menu audit and feedback in isolation. There may be a greater role for online menu labelling as part of a suite of strategies to improve public health nutrition in schools.
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2022 |
Hammersley ML, Wyse RJ, Jones RA, Okely AD, Wolfenden L, Eckermann S, Xu J, Green A, Stacey F, Yoong SL, Jackson J, Innes-Hughes C, Li V, Rissel C, 'Telephone and Web-Based Delivery of Healthy Eating and Active Living Interventions for Parents of Children Aged 2 to 6 Years: Mixed Methods Process Evaluation of the Time for Healthy Habits Translation Trial', JOURNAL OF MEDICAL INTERNET RESEARCH, 24 (2022) [C1]
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2022 |
Grady A, Jackson JK, Lum M, Delaney T, Jones J, Kerr J, Falkiner M, Yoong S, 'Barriers and facilitators to the implementation of healthy eating, physical activity and obesity prevention policies, practices or programs in family day care: A mixed method systematic review', PREVENTIVE MEDICINE, 157 (2022) [C1]
Family day care (FDC) services provide care to young children typically within the carer's own home and represents a unique setting to deliver public health programs to impro... [more]
Family day care (FDC) services provide care to young children typically within the carer's own home and represents a unique setting to deliver public health programs to improve child health. To support the implementation of programs targeting healthy eating, physical activity and obesity prevention in the FDC setting, an understanding of the factors influencing their implementation is required. This mixed methods systematic review aimed to describe the barriers and facilitators to the implementation of healthy eating, physical activity or obesity prevention policies, practices and programs (hereafter referred to as programs) in the FDC setting, and synthesise these according to the Theoretical Domains Framework (TDF). Electronic searches were conducted in 7 databases up to July 2020 to identify studies reporting the barriers and/or facilitators to program implementation in the FDC setting. Methodological quality assessments of included studies were conducted using the Mixed Methods Appraisal Tool (MMAT). Twenty studies met the review inclusion criteria (12 qualitative, 6 quantitative, 2 mixed methods). Of the 20 included studies, 16 reported barriers and facilitators mapped to the 'environmental contexts and resources' TDF domain; 10 reported barriers mapped to the 'social influences' TDF domain. Ten of the 12 qualitative studies and none of the quantitative or mixed method studies met all relevant MMAT criteria. This review comprehensively describes barriers and facilitators that need to be addressed to improve the implementation of healthy eating, physical activity and obesity prevention programs in FDC to ensure the expected health benefits of such programs reach children attending FDC.
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2022 |
Yoong SL, Pearson N, Reilly K, Wolfenden L, Jones J, Nathan N, Okely A, Naylor P-J, Jackson J, Giles L, Imad N, Gillham K, Wiggers J, Reeves P, Highfield K, Lum M, Grady A, 'A randomised controlled trial of an implementation strategy delivered at scale to increase outdoor free play opportunities in early childhood education and care (ECEC) services: a study protocol for the get outside get active (GOGA) trial', BMC PUBLIC HEALTH, 22 (2022)
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2022 |
Sutherland RL, Jackson JK, Lane C, McCrabb S, Nathan NK, Yoong SL, Lum M, Byaruhanga J, McLaughlin M, Brown A, Milat AJ, Bauman AE, Wolfenden L, 'A systematic review of adaptations and effectiveness of scaled-up nutrition interventions', NUTRITION REVIEWS, 80, 962-979 (2022) [C1]
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2021 |
Yoong SL, Lum M, Jackson J, Wolfenden L, Barnes C, Jones J, Pearson N, McCrabb S, Hall AE, Leonard A, McDonnell T, Grady A, 'Healthy eating interventions delivered in early childhood education and care settings for improving the diet of children aged six years and below', Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2021 (2021)
Objectives: This is a protocol for a Cochrane Review (intervention). The objectives are as follows:. To assess the effectiveness of¿healthy eating interventions delivered in ECEC¿... [more]
Objectives: This is a protocol for a Cochrane Review (intervention). The objectives are as follows:. To assess the effectiveness of¿healthy eating interventions delivered in ECEC¿settings for improving child dietary intake in children aged six years or under, relative to usual care or no intervention. Secondary objectives are to assess the impact of ECEC- based healthy eating interventions on physical (child weight), language/cognitive skills, social/emotional (mental health) and quality of life. The¿review will also report on cost¿of the intervention and adverse effects of ECEC-based healthy eating interventions, where this exists.
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2021 |
Hammersley ML, Wyse RJ, Jones RA, Stacey F, Okely AD, Wolfenden L, Batterham MJ, Yoong S, Eckermann S, Green A, Xu J, Innes-Hughes C, Jackson J, Li V, Rissel C, 'Translation of Two Healthy Eating and Active Living Support Programs for Parents of 2-6-Year-Old Children: Outcomes of the 'Time for Healthy Habits' Parallel Partially Randomised Preference Trial', NUTRIENTS, 13 (2021) [C1]
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2021 |
Yoong SL, Jackson J, Barnes C, Pearson N, Swindle T, O'Reilly S, Tabak R, Belski R, Brown A, Sutherland R, 'Changing landscape of nutrition and dietetics research? A bibliographic analysis of top-tier published research in 1998 and 2018', PUBLIC HEALTH NUTRITION, 24, 1318-1327 (2021) [C1]
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2021 |
Jackson JK, Jones J, Nguyen H, Davies I, Lum M, Grady A, Yoong SL, 'Obesity Prevention within the Early Childhood Education and Care Setting: A Systematic Review of Dietary Behavior and Physical Activity Policies and Guidelines in High Income Countries', INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH, 18 (2021) [C1]
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2021 |
Wyse R, Jackson JK, Delaney T, Grady A, Stacey F, Wolfenden L, Barnes C, McLaughlin M, Yoong SL, 'The Effectiveness of Interventions Delivered Using Digital Food Environments to Encourage Healthy Food Choices: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis', NUTRIENTS, 13 (2021) [C1]
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2020 |
Jackson JK, MacDonald-Wicks LK, McEvoy MA, Forder PM, Holder C, Oldmeadow C, Byles JE, Patterson AJ, 'Better diet quality scores are associated with a lower risk of hypertension and non-fatal CVD in middle-aged Australian women over 15 years of follow-up', PUBLIC HEALTH NUTRITION, 23, 882-893 (2020) [C1]
Objective: To explore if better diet quality scores as a measure of adherence to the Australian Dietary Guidelines (ADG) and the Mediterranean diet (MedDiet) are associated with a... [more]
Objective: To explore if better diet quality scores as a measure of adherence to the Australian Dietary Guidelines (ADG) and the Mediterranean diet (MedDiet) are associated with a lower incidence of hypertension and non-fatal CVD.Design: Prospective analysis of the 1946-1951 cohort of the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health (ALSWH). The Australian Recommended Foods Score (ARFS) was calculated as an indicator of adherence to the ADG; the Mediterranean Diet Score (MDS) measured adherence to the MedDiet. Outcomes included hypertension and non-fatal CVD. Generalised estimating equations estimated OR and 95 % CI across quartiles of diet quality scores.Setting: Australia, 2001-2016.Participants: 1946-1951 cohort of the ALSWH (n 5324), without CVD, hypertension and diabetes at baseline (2001), with complete FFQ data.Results: There were 1342 new cases of hypertension and 629 new cases of non-fatal CVD over 15 years of follow-up. Multivariate analysis indicated that women reporting better adherence to the ARFS (=38/74) had 15 % (95 % CI 1, 28 %; P = 0·05) lower odds of hypertension and 46 % (95 % CI 6, 66 %; P = 0·1) lower odds of non-fatal CVD. Women reporting better adherence to the MDS (=8/17) had 27 % (95 % CI 15, 47 %; P = 0·0006) lower odds of hypertension and 30 % (95 % CI 2, 50 %; P = 0·03) lower odds of non-fatal CVD.Conclusions: Better adherence to diet quality scores is associated with lower risk of hypertension and non-fatal CVD. These results support the need for updated evidenced based on the ADG as well as public health nutrition policies in Australia.
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2020 |
Jackson J, Wolfenden L, Grady A, Lum M, Leonard A, McCrabb S, Hall A, Pearson N, Barnes C, Yoong SL, 'Early childhood education and care-based healthy eating interventions for improving child diet: a systematic review protocol', SYSTEMATIC REVIEWS, 9 (2020)
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2019 |
Jackson JK, Zong G, Macdonald-Wicks LK, Patterson AJ, Willett WC, Rimm EB, Manson JE, McEvoy MA, 'Dietary nitrate consumption and risk of CHD in women from the Nurses' Health Study', British Journal of Nutrition, 121, 831-838 (2019) [C1]
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2019 |
Jackson JK, Patterson AJ, MacDonald-Wicks LK, Forder PM, Blekkenhorst LC, Bondonno CP, Hodgson JM, Ward NC, Holder C, Oldmeadow C, Byles JE, McEvoy MA, 'Vegetable Nitrate Intakes Are Associated with Reduced Self-Reported Cardiovascular-Related Complications within a Representative Sample of Middle-Aged Australian Women, Prospectively Followed up for 15 Years', NUTRIENTS, 11 (2019) [C1]
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2019 |
Delaney T, Jackson JK, Jones J, Hall A, Dives A, Wedesweiler T, Campbell L, Nathan N, Romiti M, Trost SG, Lum M, Colliver Y, Hernandez L, Yoong SL, 'A Cluster Randomised Controlled Trial of an Intervention to Increase Physical Activity of Preschool-Aged Children Attending Early Childhood Education and Care: Study Protocol for the 'Everybody Energise' Trial', INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH, 16 (2019)
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2018 |
Patterson A, Hure A, Burrows T, Jackson J, Collins C, 'Diet quality and 10-year healthcare costs by BMI categories in the mid-age cohort of the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health', JOURNAL OF HUMAN NUTRITION AND DIETETICS, 31, 463-472 (2018) [C1]
Background: Better diets, as evaluated by diet quality indices, are associated with lower rates of morbidity and mortality. Although governments and researchers alike recognise th... [more]
Background: Better diets, as evaluated by diet quality indices, are associated with lower rates of morbidity and mortality. Although governments and researchers alike recognise the burden that obesity incurs for increased healthcare spending, there is insufficient evidence for the role of diet quality on healthcare costs. Methods: Diet quality was assessed by the Australian Recommended Food Score (ARFS) for 6328 women aged 50¿55 years from the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health. The ARFS was ranked by quintile, and 10-year cumulative data on healthcare costs from Medicare (Australia's Universal healthcare cover) were reported by body mass index category, using generalised linear modelling. Results: Healthy weight women with the highest diet quality were found to make significantly fewer Medicare claims (P = 0.012) compared to those with the lowest diet quality. In healthy weight and overweight women, the number of healthcare claims and charges was inversely associated with consuming a greater variety of vegetables. For every 1 point increase in the ARFS vegetable component score, healthy weight women made 1.9 fewer healthcare claims and were charged $139 less, whereas overweight women made 2.3 fewer claims and were charged $176 less for healthcare over 10 years. Conclusions: The results of the present study support the need to prioritise an improved diet quality with the aim of reducing healthcare claims and overall costs in a population-based sample of Australian females. As the burden of overweight and obesity on the healthcare system increases, strategies to improve diet quality may be of particular importance; however, more research is required to further establish this relationship.
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2018 |
Jackson JK, Patterson AJ, MacDonald-Wicks LK, Oldmeadow C, McEvoy MA, 'The role of inorganic nitrate and nitrite in cardiovascular disease risk factors: a systematic review and meta-analysis of human evidence', NUTRITION REVIEWS, 76, 348-371 (2018) [C1]
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2018 |
Jackson JK, Patterson AJ, Macdonald-Wicks LK, Bondonno CP, Blekkenhorst LC, Ward NC, Hodgson JM, Byles JE, McEvoy MA, 'Dietary nitrate and diet quality: An examination of changing dietary intakes within a representative sample of Australian women', Nutrients, 10 (2018) [C1]
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2017 |
Jackson J, Patterson AJ, MacDonald-Wicks L, McEvoy M, 'The role of inorganic nitrate and nitrite in CVD', Nutrition Research Reviews, 30, 247-264 (2017) [C1]
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2016 |
Jackson J, Williams R, McEvoy M, MacDonald-Wicks L, Patterson A, 'Is higher consumption of animal flesh foods associated with better iron status among adults in developed countries? A systematic review', Nutrients, 8 (2016) [C1]
Iron deficiency (ID) is the most prevalent nutrient deficiency within the developed world. This is of concern as ID has been shown to affect immunity, thermoregulation, work perfo... [more]
Iron deficiency (ID) is the most prevalent nutrient deficiency within the developed world. This is of concern as ID has been shown to affect immunity, thermoregulation, work performance and cognition. Animal flesh foods provide the richest and most bioavailable source of dietary (haem) iron, however, it is unclear whether low animal flesh diets contribute to ID. This systematic review aimed to investigate whether a higher consumption of animal flesh foods is associated with better iron status in adults. CINAHL, Cochrane, EMBASE and MEDLINE were searched for published studies that included adults (¥18 years) from developed countries and measured flesh intakes in relation to iron status indices. Eight experimental and 41 observational studies met the inclusion criteria. Generally, studies varied in population and study designs and results were conflicting. Of the seven high quality studies, five showed a positive association between animal flesh intake (85¿300 g/day) and iron status. However, the optimum quantity or frequency of flesh intake required to maintain or achieve a healthy iron status remains unclear. Results show a promising relationship between animal flesh intake and iron status, however, additional longitudinal and experimental studies are required to confirm this relationship and determine optimal intakes to reduce ID development.
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