Bayoumi, Imaan
Birken, Catherine S.
Nurse, Kimberly M.
Parkin, Patricia C.
Maguire, Jonathon L.
Macarthur, Colin
Randall Simpson, Janis A.
Borkhoff, Cornelia M.
Article History
Received: 11 December 2020
Accepted: 16 April 2021
First Online: 23 April 2021
Declarations
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: Research Ethics Boards at the Hospital for Sick Children and St. Michael’s Hospital, Toronto approved the study.
: N/A.
: Dr. Bayoumi reports receiving unrestricted peer-reviewed grants from the Academic Health Science Centre Alternative Funding Plan Innovation Fund and PSI Foundation, unrelated to this study. Dr. Birken reports receiving an unrestricted grant from Walmart Canada Community Grants, unrelated to this study. Dr. Parkin reports receiving a grant from the Hospital for Sick Children Foundation during the conduct of the study. Dr. Parkin reports receiving the following grants unrelated to this study: a grant from Canadian Institutes of Health Research (FRN # 115059) for an ongoing investigator-initiated trial of iron deficiency in young children, for which Mead Johnson Nutrition provides non-financial support (Fer-In-Sol® liquid iron supplement) (2011–2017); and peer-reviewed grants for completed investigator-initiated studies from Danone Institute of Canada (2002–2004 and 2006–2009), Dairy Farmers of Ontario (2008–2010). Dr. Maguire reports receiving an unrestricted research grant for a completed investigator-initiated study from the Dairy Farmers of Canada (2011–2012). Dr. Randall Simpson reports receiving grants for investigator-initiated studies from the Canadian Institutes for Health Research, the Danone Institute of Canada, and the Canadian Foundation for Dietetic Research for completed NutriSTEP®-related studies. Dr. Borkhoff reports previously receiving a grant for a completed investigator-initiated study from the Sickkids Centre for Health Active Kids (CHAK) (2015–2016) involving the development and validation of a risk stratification tool to identify young asymptomatic children at risk for iron deficiency. These agencies had no role in the design, collection, analyses or interpretation of the results of this study or in the preparation, review, or approval of the manuscript. The remaining authors report no conflicts of interest.