Feeding practices and factors contributing to wasting, stunting, and iron-deficiency anaemia among 3-23-month old children in Kilosa district, rural Tanzania

Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 222-230

  Mamiro, Peter S ^a,d   Kolsteren, Patrick ^a,b   Roberfroid, Dominique ^b   Tatala, Simon ^c   Opsomer, Ann S ^a   Van Camp, John H ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^c CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^d SOKOINE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Anaemia; Birth weight; Child nutritional status; Cross sectional studies; Infant nutritional status; Infant feeding practices; Iron deficiency; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; PROTOPORPHYRIN ZINC; TRACE ELEMENT;

ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST MILK; CARBOHYDRATE INTAKE; COMMUNITY; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENERGY; FAT INTAKE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; IRON INTAKE; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAIZE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MEDICAL RECORD; PREDICTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PROTEIN INTAKE; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; STUNTING SYNDROME; TANZANIA; WASTING SYNDROME;

ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; BIRTH WEIGHT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT FOOD; INFANT NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; MALARIA; MALE; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; NUTRITIVE VALUE; PROTEIN-ENERGY MALNUTRITION; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH; TANZANIA; WEANING;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 27744535720     PISSN: 16060997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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