Are the benefits of the 'Healthy Start' food support scheme sustained at three months postpartum? Results from the Sheffield 'before and after' study

Maternal and Child Nutrition

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 347-357

  Mouratidou, Theodora ^a   Ford, Fiona A ^a   Wademan, Sarah E ^a   Fraser, Robert B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Effectiveness; Food support scheme; Healthy Start; Postpartum nutrition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CACAO; CALORIC INTAKE; CARROT; CAUCASIAN; CEREAL; CHEESE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; FAST FOOD; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; FRUIT; FRUIT JUICE; HUMAN; LEAFY VEGETABLE; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MILK; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; RISK FACTOR; VEGETABLE;

ADULT; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOOD HABITS; FRUIT; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH FOOD; HUMANS; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITION POLICY; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; QUESTIONNAIRES; VEGETABLES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78149472295     PISSN: 17408695     EISSN: 17408709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-8709.2009.00215.x     Document Type: Article

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