Consuming cassava as a staple food places children 2-5 years old at risk for inadequate protein intake, an observational study in Kenya and Nigeria

Nutrition Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Stephenson, Kevin ^a   Amthor, Rachel ^a   Mallowa, Sally ^b   Nungo, Rhoda ^b   Maziya Dixon, Busie ^c   Gichuki, Simon ^b   Mbanaso, Ada ^d   Manary, Mark ^a  

^a ST LOUIS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b KENYA AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^c INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE   (Nigeria)

^d National Root Crops Research Institute   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CALORIC INTAKE; CASSAVA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEIGHT; HUMAN; KENYA; MALE; NIGERIA; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROTEIN INTAKE; BODY HEIGHT; ENERGY RESOURCE; KENYAN; NIGERIAN; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PROTEIN DEFICIENCY; CHILD NUTRITION; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; METHODOLOGY; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; RISK FACTOR;

ANIMALIA; MANIHOT ESCULENTA;

CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIET; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; KENYA; MALE; MANIHOT; NIGERIA; NUTRITIVE VALUE; PROTEIN DEFICIENCY; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 77949416757     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2891-9-9     Document Type: Article

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