Infant and young child feeding in the Peruvian Amazon: The need to promote exclusive breastfeeding and nutrient-dense traditional complementary foods

Maternal and Child Nutrition

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 284-294

  Roche, Marion L ^a,b   Creed Kanashiro, Hilary M ^c   Tuesta, Irma ^d   Kuhnlein, Harriet V ^a,b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN NUTRICIONAL   (Peru)

^d Organización de Desarrollo de las Comunidades Fronterizas del Cenepa   (Peru)

Author keywords

Amazon; Breastfeeding; Complementary feeding; Indigenous Peoples; Infant and young child feeding; Traditional food

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; CALCIUM; IRON; PROTEIN; RETINOL; ZINC;

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BABY FOOD; BREAST FEEDING; CALCIUM INTAKE; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; CHILD NUTRITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD QUALITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT FEEDING; INFANT NUTRITION; IRON INTAKE; NEWBORN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STUNTING; VITAMIN INTAKE;

EID: 79959389549     PISSN: 17408695     EISSN: 17408709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-8709.2009.00234.x     Document Type: Article

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