Is there an association between the nutritional status of the mother and that of her 2-year-old to 5-year-old child?

International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 237-244

  Faber, Mieke ^a   Swanevelder, Sonja ^a   Benadé, A J Spinnler ^a  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Children; Malnutrition; Mothers; South Africa

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; HEMOGLOBIN; RETINOL;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD NUTRITION; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MATERNAL CARE; MATERNAL NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOUTH AFRICA;

ADULT; ANEMIA; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FERRITINS; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; MALE; MOTHERS; NUTRITION DISORDERS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH; SOUTH AFRICA; VITAMIN A;

EID: 23344440340     PISSN: 09637486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09637480500145913     Document Type: Article

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