Snacks are important for fat and vitamin intakes among rural African women: A cross-sectional study from Malawi

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 62, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 866-871

  Hallund, J ^a   Hatloy A ^b   Benesi, I ^c   Thilsted, S H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b Institute for Applied Social Science   (Norway)

^c CHITEDZE AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH STATION   (Malawi)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; CALCIUM; IRON; RETINOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AVOCADO; BANANA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; FAST FOOD; FAT INTAKE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; MAIZE; MALAWI; NUT; NUTRIENT SUPPLY; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PROTEIN INTAKE; PUMPKIN; RURAL AREA; SUGARCANE; TANGERINE; VITAMIN INTAKE; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET RECORDS; DIETARY FATS; DIETARY PROTEINS; EATING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LACTATION; MALAWI; MENTAL RECALL; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RURAL HEALTH; VITAMINS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 47249134306     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: 14765640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1602820     Document Type: Article

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