Apart from folic acid and iodine, other supplements may not be needed. For the most part, they’re a waste of money. At worse, they could harm.
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Despite their small size, infants and children actually require about the same amount of iron as adults, to help them grow. Many aren’t getting enough.
In some communities, over a quarter of the children were misclassified as iron replete whereas they were iron deficient.
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