Children and Teens with Multiple Sclerosis consume less iron

                                                                  

The research, “Dietary factors and pediatric multiple sclerosis: A case-control study,” was published in the Multiple Sclerosis Journal.

Most MS cases occur between the ages of 20 and 40, but sometimes children under 18 develop it.

Pediatric-onset MS, as it’s called, is believed to account for 3 to 5 percent of cases that adults have now. Despite their low frequency, they are important because “the study of factors early in life which could affect their disease may provide important insight into the disease more generally,” the researchers from the Network of Pediatric MS Centers wrote.

One of the factors that could be important in the onset of MS is diet. But little has been known about how diet influences the risk and progression of the disease, particularly in pediatric MS.

In a study funded by the National MS Society, researchers decided to investigate the association between diet and MS in children, according to a press release.

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