Orange-fleshed sweet potato-based infant food is a better source of dietary vitamin A than a maize-legume blend as complementary food

Food and Nutrition Bulletin

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 51-59

  Amagloh, Francis Kweku ^a   Coad, Jane ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY FOR DEVELOPMENT STUDIES   (Ghana)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Complementary food; Orange fleshed sweet potato; Soybean; Vitamin A

Indexed keywords

BIOAVAILABILITY; FOOD SUPPLEMENTATION; LEGUME; MAIZE; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; PRODUCTION COST; ROOT VEGETABLE; TRACE ELEMENT; VITAMIN;

GLYCINE MAX; IPOMOEA BATATAS; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

RETINOL; TRACE ELEMENT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BABY FOOD; CALORIC INTAKE; CARBOHYDRATE DIET; CHEMISTRY; FABACEAE; FAT INTAKE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION; MAIZE; PROTEIN INTAKE; STANDARD; SWEET POTATO;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; DIETARY FATS; DIETARY PROTEINS; ENERGY INTAKE; FABACEAE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT FOOD; INFANT NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; IPOMOEA BATATAS; MICRONUTRIENTS; VITAMIN A; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84901639444     PISSN: 03795721     EISSN: 15648265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/156482651403500107     Document Type: Article

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