Accepted manuscript This peer-reviewed article has been accepted for publication but not yet copyedited or typeset, and so may be subject to change during the production process. The article is considered published and may be cited using its DOI 10.1017/S0007114519002496 The British Journal of Nutrition is published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of The Nutrition Society TITLE PAGE: Title of article: Iron deficiency in healthy 18-month-old Danish children is associated with no oral iron supple- mentation in infancy and prolonged exclusive breastfeeding. Authors, institutions, departments and addresses: Anh Thao N. Andersen 1 , Steffen Husby 1,2 , Henriette B. Kyhl 2,5 , Maria B. Sandberg 3 , Stine D. Sander 1 , Christian Mølgaard 1,2,4 . 1. Institute of Clinical Research, University of Southern Denmark - Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M, Denmark 2. Hans Christian Andersen Children's Hospital – Kloevervaenget 23C, 5000 Odense C, Denmark 3. Department of Clinical Chemistry and Pharmacology at Odense University Hospital - Kløvervænget 47, 5000 Odense C, Denmark 4. Department of Nutrition, Exercise and Sports. University of Copenhagen - Rolighedsvej 26, 1958 Frederiksberg C, Denmark 5. Open Patient data Explorative Network - J.B. Winsløws Vej 9 a, 3. etage 5000 Odense C Senior author responsible for correspondence: Christian Mølgaard ORCID ID 0000-0002-5311-9457 University of Copenhagen. Department of Nutrition, Exercise and Sports. Rolighedsvej 26, 1958 Frederiksberg C, Denmark. E-mail: cm@nexs.ku.dk Phone +45 35332516 Fax +45 35332483 Shortened version of the title: Iron deficiency in healthy 18-month-old Danish children Downloaded from https://www.cambridge.org/core. IP address: 107.172.128.30, on 04 Oct 2019 at 10:13:18, subject to the Cambridge Core terms of use, available at https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0007114519002496