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Recomendaciones:

El Comité de Nutrición y Alimentos del Instituto de Medicina (Food and Nutrition Board at the Institute of Medicine ) recomienda lo siguiente:

Bebés y niños:

Menores de 6 meses: 0.27 miligramos por día (mg/día)
De 7 meses a 1 año: 11 mg/día
De 1 a 3 años: 7 mg/día
De 4 a 8 años: 10 mg/día

Hombres:

De 9 a 13 años: 8 mg/día
de 14 a 18 años: 11 mg/día
de 19 o más: 8 mg/día

Mujeres:

De 9 a 13 años: 8 mg/día
De 14 a 18 años: 15 mg/día
De 19 a 50 años: 18 mg/día
De 51 años o más: 8 mg/día

Las mujeres que están embarazadas o produciendo leche materna pueden necesitar cantidades diferentes de hierro. Se recomienda preguntarle al médico sobre lo que es apropiado en cada caso particular.

Reviewed last on: 3/2/2011
Alison Evert, MS, RD, CDE, Nutritionist, University of Washington Medical Center Diabetes Care Center, Seattle, Washington. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

Referencias

Trumbo P, Yates AA, Schlicker S, Poos M. Food and Nutrition Board, Institute of Medicine, The National Academies, Washington, DC. Dietary reference intakes: vitamin A, vitamin K, arsenic, boron, chromium, copper, iodine, iron, manganese, molybdenum, nickel, silicon, vanadium, and zinc. J Am Diet Assoc. 2001 Mar;101(3):294-301.

Allen RE, Myers AL. Nutrition in toddlers. Am Fam Physician. 2006 Nov 1;74(9):1527-32. Review.

Mason, MB. Vitamins, trace minerals, and other micronutrients. In: Goldman L, Ausiello D, eds. Cecil Medicine. 23rd ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2007: chap 237.

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