Food and nutrient intake of a national sample of 4-year-old children in 1950: Comparison with the 1990s

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 537-547

  Prynne, C J ^a   Paul, A A ^a   Price, G M ^a,b   Day, K C ^a   Hilder, W S ^c   Wadsworth, M E J ^c  

^a MRC HUMAN NUTRITION RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Food intake; Food rationing; National surveys; Nutrient intake; Secular trend; Young children

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; CALCIUM; CARBOHYDRATE; CAROTENE; IRON; M PROTEIN; RETINOL; STARCH; SUGAR;

ARTICLE; CALCIUM INTAKE; CALORIC INTAKE; CARBOHYDRATE INTAKE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; EATING HABIT; FAT INTAKE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IRON INTAKE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTAKE; VITAMIN INTAKE;

EID: 0033434050     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s1368980099000725     Document Type: Article

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