A six-month intervention with two different types of micronutrient-fortified complementary foods had distinct short- and long-term effects on linear and ponderal growth of vietnamese infants

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 142, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1735-1740

  Phu, Pham V ^b   Hoan, Nguyen V ^c   Salvignol, Bertrand ^d   Treche, Serge ^a   Wieringa, Frank T ^a   Dijkhuizen, Marjoleine A ^e   Khan, Nguyen C ^f   Tuong, Pham D ^b   Schwartz, Helene ^a   Berger, Jacques ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b HANOI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

^c Groupe de Recherche et d'Echanges Technologiques   (France)

^d World Food Programme   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NUTRITION   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FLOUR; FOLLOW UP; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION; INTERVENTION STUDY; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUTRIENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; STUNTING;

AMYLASES; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FLOUR; FOOD, FORTIFIED; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; IRON; MALE; MICRONUTRIENTS; NUTRITION DISORDERS; NUTRITION SURVEYS; ORYZA SATIVA; RURAL POPULATION; VIETNAM;

EID: 84866274932     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/jn.111.154211     Document Type: Article

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