Sweet and salty: Nutritional content and analysis of baby and toddler foods

Journal of Public Health

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 63-70

  Elliott, Charlene D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

children; food and nutrition; public health

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BABY FOOD; CANADA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; NUTRITIONAL SCIENCE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBLIC HEALTH; SODIUM INTAKE; STANDARD; SUGAR INTAKE;

CANADA; CHILD NUTRITION SCIENCES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIETARY SUCROSE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT FOOD; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; NUTRITIVE VALUE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SODIUM, DIETARY;

EID: 79952150242     PISSN: 17413842     EISSN: 17413850     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pubmed/fdq037     Document Type: Article

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