Dietary intake and nutritional status of vegetarian and omnivorous preschool children and their parents in Taiwan

Nutrition Research

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 430-436

  Yen, Chin En ^a   Yen, Chi Hua ^b   Huang, Men Chung ^c   Cheng, Chien Hsiang ^d   Huang, Yi Chia ^e  

^a CHAOYANG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d TAICHUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^e CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Dietary intake; Nutritional status; Omnivore; Preschool children; Vegetarian

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; CALCIUM; CHOLESTEROL; FERRITIN; IRON; PROTEIN; RETINOL; VITAMIN;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CALCIUM INTAKE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; FIBER; HEIGHT; HEMATOLOGY; HUMAN; LIPID DIET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRIENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OMNIVORE; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; TAIWAN; VEGETARIAN; VENOUS BLOOD; VITAMIN INTAKE; WEIGHT;

ADULT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIET; DIET, VEGETARIAN; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; DIETARY FATS; DIETARY PROTEINS; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; TAIWAN;

SPONDIAS PURPUREA;

EID: 44849098965     PISSN: 02715317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nutres.2008.03.012     Document Type: Article

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