Nutritional quality of diets fed to young children in urban slums can be improved by intensive nutrition education

Food and Nutrition Bulletin

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 317-326

  Palwala, Misba ^a   Sharma, Shweta ^a   Udipi, Shobha A ^a   Ghugre, Padmini S ^a   Kothari, Gopa ^b   Sawardekar, Pradeep ^b  

^a SNDT WOMEN S UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b Sawardekar Are Affiliated with Child Eye Care Charitable Trust   (India)

Author keywords

Complementary feeding practices; Micronutrients; Nutrient density; Nutrition education

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; DIET; DISEASE PREVALENCE; EDUCATION; FEEDING MECHANISM; HEALTH EDUCATION; SURVIVAL;

EID: 76149118417     PISSN: 03795721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/156482650903000402     Document Type: Article

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