Author, as appears in the article.: Iglesias L, Canals J, Arija V.

Department: Psicologia Ciències Mèdiques Bàsiques

URV's Author/s: Arija Val, Maria Victoria / Canals Sans, Josefa / Iglesias Vazquez, Lucia

Keywords: Supplementation Psychomotor Neurodevelopment Mental Iron status Iron Children psychomotor neurodevelopment mental iron children

Abstract: Iron deficiency and iron-deficiency anemia are the main worldwide nutritional disorders. A good level of prenatal iron is essential for the correct child neurodevelopment but this association has been poorly investigated. To gather the scientific evidence on the relation between prenatal iron status and child neurodevelopment. To emphasize the importance of personalize the dose and type of supplementation. Wide search strategy was performed in electronic databases for English language articles with no limitations as regards the language or date of publication. Additional studies were selected by hand search. The inclusion criteria were pregnant women without high-risk pregnancy and their children as study population and neurodevelopment as the main outcome. Six RCTs and 13 observational studies were included. The majority concluded that deficit or excess iron during pregnancy injures the mental and psychomotor development of child. Other authors found no association of low iron level with troubles in neurodevelopment, recommended multi-micronutrients instead of iron alone and/or showed inconsistent results. Both iron deficiency as its excess are harmful for the child neurodevelopment. The prenatal iron supplementation should be adjusted for each woman, taking into account the iron stores, some genetic mutation and other health habits.

Thematic Areas: Saúde coletiva Nutrition & dietetics Nutrição Medicine (miscellaneous) Medicina ii Medicina i Interdisciplinar Industrial and manufacturing engineering General medicine Food science & technology Food science Farmacia Engenharias iii Engenharias ii Ciências biológicas iii Ciências biológicas i Ciências ambientais Ciências agrárias i Ciência de alimentos Biotecnología

ISSN: 10408398

Author's mail: lucia.iglesias@urv.cat victoria.arija@urv.cat josefa.canals@urv.cat lucia.iglesias@urv.cat

Author identifier: 0000-0001-7131-4144 0000-0002-1758-0975 0000-0002-6209-9558 0000-0001-7131-4144

Record's date: 2023-02-18

Papper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion

Link to the original source: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10408398.2016.1274285?journalCode=bfsn20

Licence document URL: http://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/

Papper original source: Critical Reviews In Food Science And Nutrition. 58 (10): 1604-1614

APA: Iglesias L, Canals J, Arija V. (2018). Effects of prenatal iron status on child neurodevelopment and behavior: A systematic review. Critical Reviews In Food Science And Nutrition, 58(10), 1604-1614. DOI: 10.1080/10408398.2016.1274285

Article's DOI: 10.1080/10408398.2016.1274285

Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili

Journal publication year: 2018

Publication Type: Journal Publications