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Overweight children have higher circulating hepcidin concentrations and lower iron status but have dietary iron intakes and bioavailability comparable with normal weight children
International Journal of Obesity, 08/07/09

Aeberli I et al. – The authors findings indicate that there is reduced iron availability for erythropoiesis in overweight children and that this is unlikely due to low dietary iron supply but rather due to hepcidin–mediated reduced iron absorption and/or increased iron sequestration.

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