How to prevent iron deficiency in children?

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Iron is a very important element for children To prevent iron deficiency in children, parents need to consider the amount, type of food, and what to accompany them.
The daily amount of milk should be limited to 700 ml.

Food diets should be rich in foods that contain more iron than others, red meat, chicken, fish, beans, lentils, etc.

These foods should be accompanied by foods rich in vitamin C, which helps absorb iron, such as tomatoes, broccoli, oranges, strawberries, kiwi and so on.

Iron grain cereals may be given to children up to the age of 2 years.

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Nice post

Well presented and articulated. I think it is also important to treat any acute infections in children promptly as infections can lead to Lysis of red blood cells causing further loss of iron from the blood cell. Super post