Coping strategies and nutritional health in rural Niger: Recommendations for consumption of wild plant foods in the Sahel

International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition

Volumn 57, Issue 5-6, 2006, Pages 314-324

  Glew, Robert S ^a   Vanderjagt, Dorothy ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcium; Fatty acids; Iron; Niger; Plant foods; Protein; Sahel; Zinc

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; ESSENTIAL FATTY ACID; IRON; PROTEIN; ZINC;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; CALCIUM DEFICIENCY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; ESSENTIAL FATTY ACID DEFICIENCY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FIELD STUDY; FOOD INTAKE; HARVEST; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; LABORATORY TEST; MALNUTRITION; NIGER; NUTRIENT CONTENT; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; PLANT; PROTEIN DEFICIENCY; REGIONALIZATION; RICKETS; RURAL AREA; SUMMER; WILD TYPE; ZINC DEFICIENCY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALPHA-LINOLENIC ACID; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; CALCIUM; CALCIUM, DIETARY; CHILD; DIET; DIETARY PROTEINS; FATTY ACIDS, ESSENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRON; LINOLEIC ACID; NIGER; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PLANTS; PREGNANCY; PROTEIN DEFICIENCY; RICKETS; RURAL HEALTH; ZINC;

EID: 33751577211     PISSN: 09637486     EISSN: 14653478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09637480600802132     Document Type: Article

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