Dietary treatments for childhood constipation: Efficacy of dietary fiber and whole grains

Nutrition Reviews

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 98-109

  Stewart, Maria L ^a   Schroeder, Natalia M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Constipation; Fiber; Whole grains

Indexed keywords

BISACODYL; CARBOHYDRATE; CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT; CISAPRIDE; ENEMA; LACTULOSE; LAXATIVE; LIGNIN; MACROGOL; MAGNESIUM CITRATE; MAGNESIUM HYDROXIDE; MINERAL OIL; SORBITOL;

BREAST MILK; CALORIC INTAKE; CARBOHYDRATE INTAKE; CHILD NUTRITION; CHILD REARING; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONSTIPATION; DIET THERAPY; DIETARY FIBER; FLUID INTAKE; GRAIN; GROUPS BY AGE; KINESIOTHERAPY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SENNA; SUPPOSITORY;

ADOLESCENT; BREAST FEEDING; CEREALS; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONSTIPATION; DIET; DIETARY FIBER; HUMANS; INFANT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84873854986     PISSN: 00296643     EISSN: 17534887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nure.12010     Document Type: Review

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