Establishing desirable fortificant levels for calcium, iron and zinc in foods for infant and young child feeding: Examples from three Asian countries

Maternal and Child Nutrition

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 112-125

  Gibbs, Michelle M ^a   Carriquiry, Alicia L ^b   Capanzana, Mario V ^c   Gibson, Rosalind S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b Department of Statistics Center for Statistics and Applications in Forensic Evidence Iowa State University 2438 Osborn Dr Ames   (United States)

^c FOOD AND NUTRITION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Philippines)

Author keywords

Asian children; Estimated average requirements; Micronutrient fortificants; pc side; Within person variation

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CALCIUM; FERRITIN; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; ZINC;

ARTICLE; CALCIUM INTAKE; CAMBODIA; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; IRON INTAKE; IRON STORAGE; MONGOLIA; PHILIPPINES; PORTION SIZE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TODDLER; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL; ZINC INTAKE;

ASIAN CHILDREN; ESTIMATED AVERAGE REQUIREMENTS; MICRONUTRIENT FORTIFICANTS; PC-SIDE; WITHIN-PERSON VARIATION;

CALCIUM, DIETARY; CAMBODIA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIET; FOOD, FORTIFIED; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT FOOD; IRON, DIETARY; MICRONUTRIENTS; MONGOLIA; NUTRITION SURVEYS; PHILIPPINES; RECOMMENDED DIETARY ALLOWANCES; REFERENCE VALUES; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ZINC;

EID: 84890564903     PISSN: 17408695     EISSN: 17408709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-8709.2012.00405.x     Document Type: Article

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