Chilean Complementary Feeding Program reduces anemia and improves iron status in children aged 11 to 18 months

Food and Nutrition Bulletin

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 378-385

  Brito, Alex ^a,c   Olivares, Manuel ^a   Pizarro, Tito ^b   Rodríguez, Lorena ^b   Hertrampf, Eva ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b Ministerio de Salud de Chile   (Chile)

^c U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anemia; Chile; Infants; Iron deficiency; Program effectiveness

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANEMIA; CHILD HEALTH; DISEASE PREVALENCE; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; NUTRITIONAL STATUS;

CHILE;

IRON;

AGE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BREAST FEEDING; CHILE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; IRON INTAKE; MALE; MILK; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AGE FACTORS; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; ANIMALS; BIRTH WEIGHT; BREAST FEEDING; CHILE; FEMALE; FOOD, FORTIFIED; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; IRON; IRON, DIETARY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MILK; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84892685931     PISSN: 03795721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/156482651303400402     Document Type: Article

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