Nutrition

Front 1

Strict vegan diets are often defiecient in what nutrients.

Back 1

B12 which is primarily found in meats, eggs and dairy products. Calcium and zinc may also be low.

Front 2

Who is at highest risk for Vitamin D deficiency rickets?

Back 2

Highest risk is in industrialized contries particularly in dark-skinned infants living in temperate or northern climates, those whose cultural/religious customs may include extensive covering of body surfaces, and in infants and children who receive little direct sunlight exposure (ie, less than 30 minutes to the face and hands three times per week).

Front 3

What presents with rash, poor feeding, frequent stools and irritability in the first few days to weeks of changing from breast milk to formula. They have failure to thrive, conjuctivitis, erythematous moist skin lesions - some with bullae and crusting around mouth, nose and perineum along with eczematous patches on hands and feet?

Back 3

Zinc deficiency secondary to acrodermatitis enteropathica - AR disorder due to gene mutation on chromosome 8.

Front 4

How much iron is in standard baby formula?

Back 4

12 mg/L

Front 5

What is in soy formula that mandates it must be iron fortified?

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soy protein products coontain phytates which bind iron and other minerals