Seasonal variation in food pattern but not in energy and nutrient intakes of rural Beninese school-aged children

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 414-422

  Mitchikpe, C E S ^a,b   Dossa, R A M ^a   Ategbo, E A D ^a   Van Raaij, J M A ^b   Kok, F J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABOMEY CALAVI   (Benin)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Benin; Energy and nutrient intake; Food pattern; School attendance; School aged children; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; CAROTENOID; FAT; IRON; ZINC;

ANIMAL PRODUCT; ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; CEREAL; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; ENERGY; FEMALE; FOOD; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRIENT; PLANT ROOT; PLANT TUBER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOM SAMPLE; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASONAL VARIATION; BENIN; BIOAVAILABILITY; CHILD NUTRITION; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; IRON INTAKE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PHYSIOLOGY; RURAL POPULATION; SEASON;

ANIMALIA;

BENIN; BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGY PHENOMENA; DIET; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; IRON, DIETARY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; NUTRITIVE VALUE; RURAL POPULATION; SEASONS; ZINC;

EID: 63849122777     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980008002929     Document Type: Article

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