Sentences with phrase «ample iron stores»
Anemia is uncommon in the breastfed baby due to the following reasons: 1) a healthy, full - term infant has ample iron stores at birth to last him at least for the first six months of life, 2) although the amount of iron in breastmilk is small, it is readily absorbed at a rate of 49 % compared to 4 % of the iron in formula.
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At times the baby could have been born prematurely before attaining 6.5 pounds and the body did not have ample time to build iron stores for the first months of life.