Meat as a first complementary food for breastfed infants: Feasibility and impact on zinc intake and status

Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 207-214

  Krebs, Nancy F ^a,c   Westcott, Jamie E ^a   Butler, Nancy ^b   Robinson, Cordelia ^b   Bell, Melanie ^b   Hambidge, K Michael ^a  

^a Children's Hospital Colorado   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Breastfeeding; Complementary foods; Infant cereal; Iron; Meat; Zinc

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; IRON; PROTEIN; ZINC;

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BREAST FEEDING; CEREAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDING; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; INFANT; IRON INTAKE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAT; MENTAL FUNCTION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTAKE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL; ZINC METABOLISM;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BREAST FEEDING; CEREALS; FEMALE; FOOD, FORTIFIED; HEAD; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT FOOD; INFANT NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; IRON; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MEAT; NUTRITION POLICY; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; TRACE ELEMENTS; UNITED STATES; WEANING; ZINC;

EID: 33646103416     PISSN: 02772116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mpg.0000189346.25172.fd     Document Type: Article

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