Nutrient offerings from the meals and snacks served in four daycare centers in Guatemala City

Nutrition

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 543-556

  Vossenaar, Marieke ^a   Panday, Bindiya ^a,b   Hamelinck, Victoria ^a,b   Soto Méndez, María José ^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

Children; Guatemala; Institutional fare; Nutrient adequacy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD NUTRITION; DAY CARE; DIETARY INTAKE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD QUALITY; GUATEMALA; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; NUTRIENT CONTENT; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD DAY CARE CENTERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATA COLLECTION; DIET; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; DIETARY FATS; DIETARY PROTEINS; ENERGY INTAKE; FOOD; FOOD SERVICES; GUATEMALA; HUMANS; MICRONUTRIENTS; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; POVERTY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 79953267909     PISSN: 08999007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nut.2010.06.007     Document Type: Article

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