Diet and growth in infancy: Relationship to socioeconomic background and to health and development in the avon longitudinal study of parents and children

Nutrition Reviews

Volumn 72, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 483-506

  Emmett, Pauline M ^a   Jones, Louise R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breastfeeding; Complementary feeding; Diet; Feeding guidelines; Inequality; Rapid early growth

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; HEMOGLOBIN;

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BABY FOOD; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; CALORIC INTAKE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD GROWTH; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT FEEDING; INFANT NUTRITION; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL OBESITY; MEDICAL RECORD; MENARCHE; MILK; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; SALT INTAKE; SOCIOECONOMICS; VEGETABLE; WEIGHT GAIN;

BREASTFEEDING; COMPLEMENTARY FEEDING; DIET; FEEDING GUIDELINES; INEQUALITY; RAPID EARLY GROWTH;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANEMIA; ANIMALS; BODY MASS INDEX; BOTTLE FEEDING; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DIET; ENERGY INTAKE; GROWTH; HEALTH; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT BEHAVIOR; INFANT NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; INTELLIGENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; OBESITY; PARENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 84904979809     PISSN: 00296643     EISSN: 17534887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nure.12122     Document Type: Article

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