Timing of introduction of complementary food: Short- and long-term health consequences

Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism

Volumn 60, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2012, Pages 8-20

  Przyrembel, Hildegard ^a,b  

^a Federal Institute for Risk Assessment ^*  (Germany)

^b FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR RISK ASSESSMENT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Breastfeeding; Complementary food; Formula feeding; Growth; Infectious disease

Indexed keywords

IRON; RETINOL; VITAMIN D; ZINC;

ALLERGY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; BABY FOOD; BODY MASS; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; CEREAL; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DIARRHEA; EGG; FISH; FRUIT JUICE; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT FEEDING; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LEGUME; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MALNUTRITION; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL CARE; MATERNAL SMOKING; MEAT; MENTAL DEVELOPMENT; MOTOR DEVELOPMENT; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NUT; NUTRITION EDUCATION; NUTRITIONAL PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SOCIAL STATUS; STUNTING; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 84860741346     PISSN: 02506807     EISSN: 14219697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000336287     Document Type: Article

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