Several 'problem nutrients' are identified in complementary feeding of Guatemalan infants with continued breastfeeding using the concept of 'critical nutrient density'

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 108-114

  Vossenaar, M ^a   Hernandez L ^a   Campos, R ^a   Solomons, N W ^a  

^a Center for Studies of Sensory Impairment Aging and Metabolism Guatemala   (Guatemala)

Author keywords

Breastfeeding; Complementary foods; Guatemala; Infant feeding

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; CALCIUM; IRON; NICOTINIC ACID; RETINOL; ZINC;

ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; CALORIC INTAKE; COMPLEMENTARY FEEDING; CRITICAL NUTRIENT DENSITY; FEMALE; GUATEMALA; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT FEEDING; INFANT NUTRITION; MALE; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT SUPPLY; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; NUTRITIONAL PARAMETERS; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; PROTEIN INTAKE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; VITAMIN INTAKE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; ASCORBIC ACID DEFICIENCY; BREAST FEEDING; CALCIUM; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FOOD QUALITY; GUATEMALA; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MALE; MICRONUTRIENTS; MILK, HUMAN; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NIACIN; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; NUTRITIVE VALUE; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ZINC;

EID: 84872158620     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: 14765640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ejcn.2012.170     Document Type: Article

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