Clinical practice: Vegetarian infant and child nutrition

European Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 170, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1489-1494

  Van Winckel, Myriam ^a   Vande Velde, Saskia ^a   De Bruyne, Ruth ^a   Van Biervliet, Stephanie ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Child nutrition; Protein quality; Vegetarianism; Vitamin B 12

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CALCIUM; CYANOCOBALAMIN; DNA; FAT; FATTY ACID; IRON; PROTEIN; RNA; VITAMIN D; ZINC;

BONE DENSITY; CALCIUM INTAKE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD GROWTH; CHILD NUTRITION; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; DAIRY PRODUCT; DNA SYNTHESIS; EATING DISORDER; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MACROBIOTIC DIET; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RICKETS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RISK REDUCTION; RNA SYNTHESIS; VEGETARIAN DIET;

CHILD; CHILD NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIET, VEGETARIAN; HUMANS; INFANT; NUTRITION POLICY; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS;

EID: 82655173861     PISSN: 03406199     EISSN: 14321076     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00431-011-1547-x     Document Type: Review

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