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Study finds low levels of essential minerals in teens - AAP SmartBrief

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Almost 50% of teenage girls have dangerously low levels of iron, magnesium and selenium, while 10% have a severe calcium deficiency and 17% have a low level of iodine, according to a meta-analysis of 38 studies. Data also show that 10% of teenage boys do not have enough zinc. Researchers wrote in C…

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Tags: Vitamin, Mineral, Calcium, Magnesium, Selenium, Supplement, Teen Health, American Academy of Pediatrics

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