The impact of high diastase malted barley flour on weight and height of malnourished children in Panama

Journal of Hunger and Environmental Nutrition

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 23-35

  King, Sondra ^a   Prawitz, Aimee D ^a   Umoren, Josephine ^a   O'Gorman, Thomas ^a  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Complementary food; High diastase malt flour; Malnutrition; Malted barley

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE;

ARTICLE; BARLEY; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FOOD PROCESSING; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALNUTRITION; MALT; OAT; PANAMA; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; WEIGHT GAIN;

HORDEUM;

EID: 34948895965     PISSN: 19320248     EISSN: 19320256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J477v01n04_03     Document Type: Article

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