Associations of diet quality with dairy group membership, membership duration and non-membership for Kenyan farm women and children: A comparative study

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 307-316

  Walton, Colleen ^a   Taylor, Jennifer ^a   Vanleeuwen, John ^a   Yeudall, Fiona ^b   Mbugua, Samwel ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND   (Canada)

^b RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c EGERTON UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Nutrition; Nutrition transition; Rural development

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

TRACE ELEMENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAIRY PRODUCT; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; KENYA; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RECALL;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DAIRY PRODUCTS; DIET; DIET RECORDS; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; INFANT; KENYA; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MICRONUTRIENTS; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITION SURVEYS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; NUTRITIVE VALUE;

EID: 84896475544     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980012005010     Document Type: Article

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