Contribution of beverages to energy, macronutrient and micronutrient intake of third- and fourth-grade schoolchildren in Quetzaltenango, Guatemala

Maternal and Child Nutrition

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 174-189

  Montenegro Bethancourt, Gabriela ^a   Vossenaar, Marieke ^a   Doak, Colleen M ^b   Solomons, Noel W ^a  

^a Center for Studies of Sensory Impairment Aging and Metabolism Guatemala   (Guatemala)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

24 h food record; Beverage; Childhood nutrition; Energy; Guatemala; Juice; Micronutrients; Milk; Schoolchildren; Water

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; CALCIUM; RETINOL; TRACE ELEMENT; VITAMIN D; ZINC; CARBOHYDRATE DIET; FAT INTAKE; PROTEIN INTAKE;

ARTICLE; BEVERAGE; CALORIC INTAKE; CARBOHYDRATE INTAKE; CHILD NUTRITION; COFFEE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; FAST FOOD; FLUID INTAKE; FOOD QUALITY; GUATEMALA; MACRONUTRIENT; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; URBAN AREA; ADMINISTRATION AND DOSAGE; ANALYSIS; CARBOHYDRATE DIET; CHILD; DIET; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN INTAKE; SCHOOL; STANDARDS;

BEVERAGES; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; DIET; DIET SURVEYS; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; DIETARY FATS; DIETARY PROTEINS; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; GUATEMALA; HUMANS; MALE; MICRONUTRIENTS; NUTRITIVE VALUE; SCHOOLS;

EID: 77951760289     PISSN: 17408695     EISSN: 17408709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-8709.2009.00193.x     Document Type: Article

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