Even when toddlers eat enough zinc-rich foods, their blood tests might still show low zinc — which means the usual way doctors check for zinc deficiency might not be working right.

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Red meat and a fortified manufactured toddler milk drink increase dietary zinc intakes without affecting zinc status of New Zealand toddlers.

Randomized Controlled Trial

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2010 Dec

Even when toddlers ate more zinc-rich foods, their blood zinc levels didn’t go up — which means the usual blood test for zinc deficiency might not be working right.

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Red meat and a fortified manufactured toddler milk drink increase dietary zinc intakes without affecting zinc status of New Zealand toddlers.

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DOI: 10.3945/jn.109.120717

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Even though these little kids in New Zealand are eating enough zinc-rich food, almost 4 out of 10 of them still have low zinc levels in their blood — which means what they eat might not be turning into enough zinc in their bodies.

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Giving toddlers in New Zealand more zinc through meat or special milk doesn’t seem to raise the zinc levels in their blood or hair, so just eating more zinc might not fix low zinc levels in their bodies.

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