Inadequate dietary intake is not the cause of stunting amongst young children living in an informal settlement in Gauteng and rural Limpopo Province in South Africa: The NutriGro study

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 379-389

  Theron, M ^a   Amissah, A ^b   Kleynhans, I C ^a   Albertse, E ^a   MacIntyre, U E ^c  

^a TSHWANE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

^b Accra Polytechnic   (South Africa)

^c Medical University of   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Children; Dietary intake; Informal settlement; Rural; Stunting

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE DIET; CAREGIVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIET; DIETARY INTAKE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LOW FAT DIET; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL AREA; RURAL POPULATION; SOUTH AFRICA; STANDARDIZATION; URBAN AREA; URBAN POPULATION;

ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY HEIGHT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIET; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; DIETARY FATS; DIETARY PROTEINS; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION DISORDERS; INFANT NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; MALE; MICRONUTRIENTS; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; NUTRITIVE VALUE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL HEALTH; SOUTH AFRICA; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 33947416938     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980007246579     Document Type: Article

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