Nutritional status of affluent indian school children: What and how much do we know?

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 204-213

  Srihari, Gowri ^a   Eilander, A ^b   Muthayya, S ^b   Kurpad, A V ^b   Seshadri, S ^b  

^a Hindustan Lever Limited   (India)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Affluent; Nutritional status; School children

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADOLESCENT; ANEMIA; ASCORBIC ACID DEFICIENCY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NICOTINIC ACID DEFICIENCY; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; REVIEW; RIBOFLAVIN DEFICIENCY; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ANEMIA; CHILD; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 33947529678     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: 00196061     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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