A longitudinal assessment of the diet and growth of malnourished children participating in nutrition rehabilitation centres in Accra, Ghana

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 487-494

  Colecraft, Esi K ^a   Marquis, Grace S ^a   Bartolucci, Alfred A ^b   Pulley, LeaVonne ^b   Owusu, W Bruce ^c   Maetz, H Michael ^b  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Child anthropometry; Child growth; Complementary feeding; Dietary intake; Feeding programmes; Ghana; Koko; Protein energy malnutrition

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CATCH UP GROWTH; CHILD GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; DIET THERAPY; DIETARY INTAKE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD PREFERENCE; FOOD PROCESSING; GHANA; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT MONITORING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CALORIE MALNUTRITION; REHABILITATION MEDICINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTHROPOMETRY; BREAST FEEDING; CAREGIVERS; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; GHANA; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERVIEWS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT;

CHAMAESYCE ATROCOCCA;

EID: 2942704220     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/PHN2003553     Document Type: Article

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