Intervention with traditional food as a major source of energy, protein, iron, vitamin C and vitamin A for rural Dalit mothers and young children in Andhra Pradesh, South India

Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 84-93

  Schmid, Martina ^a   Salomeyesudas, Buduru ^b   Satheesh, Periyapatna ^b   Hanley, James ^c   Kuhnlein, Harriet ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Deccan Development Society   (India)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dalit; Food based intervention; India; Indigenous peoples; Malnutrition

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; RETINOL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; CATERING SERVICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; INTERVIEW; IRON INTAKE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROTEIN INTAKE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECALL; SEASON; SORGHUM; WEANING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGRICULTURE; ASCORBIC ACID; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIETARY PROTEINS; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD SUPPLY; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; INTERVIEWS; IRON, DIETARY; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; NUTRITIVE VALUE; SEASONS; SORGHUM; VITAMIN A; WEANING;

EID: 34247612913     PISSN: 09647058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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