World Health Organization (WHO) infant and young child feeding indicators: Associations with growth measures in 14 low-income countries

Maternal and Child Nutrition

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 354-370

  Marriott, Bernadette P ^a,b,c   White, Alan ^a   Hadden, Louise ^a   Davies, Jayne C ^d   Wallingford, John C ^d  

^a ABT ASSOCIATES   (United States)

^b SAMUELI INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d Pfizer Nutrition   (United States)

Author keywords

Infant feeding; Stunting; Underweight; WHO feeding indicators

Indexed keywords

IRON;

AGE; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; BREAST FEEDING; CAMBODIA; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; CHILD NUTRITION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIET; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHIOPIA; GHANA; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT FEEDING; KENYA; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALAWI; NEPAL; NIGERIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RWANDA; STUNTING; TANZANIA; UGANDA; UNDERWEIGHT; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ZAMBIA; ZIMBABWE;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD NUTRITION SCIENCES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT CARE; INFANT FOOD; INFANT NUTRITION DISORDERS; INFANT NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; POVERTY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; THINNESS; TIME FACTORS; WEANING; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84861925882     PISSN: 17408695     EISSN: 17408709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-8709.2011.00380.x     Document Type: Article

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