Undernutrition, poor feeding practices, and low coverage of key nutrition interventions

Pediatrics

Volumn 128, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Lutter, Chessa K ^a   Daelmans, Bernadette M E G ^a   De Onis, Mercedes ^a   Kothari, Monica T ^b   Ruel, Marie T ^c   Arimond, Mary ^d   Deitchler, Megan ^e   Dewey, Kathryn G ^d   Blössner, Monika ^a   Borghi, Elaine ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b ICF Macro   (United States)

^c INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e Family Health International   (United States)

Author keywords

Breastfeeding; Feeding behaviors; Intervention; Malnutrition; Stunting

Indexed keywords

RETINOL; ZINC;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; ASIA; BIRTH; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIARRHEA; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALNUTRITION; MEAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; STUNTING; UNITED NATIONS; WASTING SYNDROME;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITION POLICY; PREVALENCE;

EID: 83155182609     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2011-1392     Document Type: Article

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