Consumption of soft drinks and other sweet drinks by WIC infants

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 98, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1735-

  McCann, Margaret F ^a   Baydar, Nazli ^b   Williams, Rick L ^b  

^a Maternal and Child Epidemiology   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CARBONATE; SWEETENING AGENT;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; BEVERAGE; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIC INTAKE; COFFEE; DIABETES MELLITUS; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT JUICE; HISPANIC; INFANT FEEDING; LETTER; TEA; BABY FOOD; BOTTLE FEEDING; CARBOHYDRATE DIET; CARBONATED BEVERAGE; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; NEWBORN; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

BOTTLE FEEDING; CARBONATED BEVERAGES; DIET SURVEYS; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT FOOD; INFANT, NEWBORN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; NUTRITION POLICY; SWEETENING AGENTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 52449105469     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2008.142471     Document Type: Letter

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