Dietary inadequacy is associated with anemia and suboptimal growth among preschool-aged children in Yunnan Province, China

Nutrition Research

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 88-96

  Willows, Noreen D ^a   Barbarich, Bobbi N ^a   Wang, Larry C H ^a   Olstad, Dana Lee ^a   Clandinin, Michael T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anemia; Anthropometry; Child, Preschool; China; Growth; Malnutrition

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; FAT; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; PROTEIN; RETINOL; ZINC;

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CALCIUM INTAKE; CALORIC INTAKE; CARBOHYDRATE INTAKE; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; DIETARY REFERENCE INTAKE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDER; HUMAN; IRON INTAKE; MACRONUTRIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTAKE; VITAMIN INTAKE; WASTING SYNDROME; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ANEMIA; ANTHROPOMETRY; CALCIUM, DIETARY; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; DIET; DIETARY FATS; DIETARY PROTEINS; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MICRONUTRIENTS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VITAMIN A;

EID: 79952639525     PISSN: 02715317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nutres.2011.01.003     Document Type: Article

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