Table 3.

Recommendations for prophylactic iron supplementation in infants.³¹

Situation	Recommendation
Full-term newborns, appropriate weight for gestational age, regardless of the type of feeding	1 mg of elemental iron/kg/day until the 24th month of life
Full-term newborns weighing < 2500 g.	2 mg of elemental iron/kg/day during the first year. After this period, 1 mg/kg/day for another year
Preterm newborns weighing > 1500 g	2 mg of elemental iron/kg/day during the first year. After this period, 1 mg/kg/day for another year
Preterm newborns weighing between 1500 and 1000 g	3 mg elemental iron/kg/day during the first year. After this period, 1 mg/kg/day for another year
Preterm newborns weighing < 1000 g	4 mg of elemental iron/kg/day during the first year. After this period, 1 mg/kg/day for another year