Data on the prevalence of the metabolic syndrome among overweight and obese children are limited. Nevertheless, Iamopas et al (2011) found that 17% of 89 obese children attending a hospital in Bangkok had the metabolic syndrome. Another study from northeast Thailand reported the metabolic syndrome in 3.2% of overweight adolescents, aged 10-15 years.
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Of concern, adiposity in school-aged children was inversely related to iron deficiency and reduced response to iron fortification.
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