Characteristics attributed to complementary foods by caregivers in four countries of Latin American and the Caribbean

Food and Nutrition Bulletin

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 316-326

  Dutta, Tanushree ^a   Sywulka, Sara M ^b   Frongillo, Edward A ^c   Lutter, Chessa K ^d  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b Food for the Hungry   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Complementary feeding; Food attributes; Infants; Program planning

Indexed keywords

DIET; FOOD CONSUMPTION; FOOD QUALITY; INFANT FEEDING; NUTRIENT USE; NUTRITIVE VALUE;

CENTRAL AMERICA; LATIN AMERICA;

DAUCUS CAROTA; PLANTAGO;

EID: 33845904969     PISSN: 03795721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/156482650602700406     Document Type: Article

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