Liver intake in 24-59-month-old children from an impoverished South African community provides enough vitamin A to meet requirements

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2798-2805

  Nel, Jana ^a   Van Stuijvenberg, Martha E ^b   Schoeman, Serina E ^b   Dhansay, Muhammad A ^b   Lombard, Carl J ^b   Du Plessis, Lisanne M ^c  

^a Integrated Nutrition Programme   (South Africa)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STELLENBOSCH   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Liver intake; Poverty; Pre school children; Stunting; Vitamin A intake

Indexed keywords

RETINOL;

ADULT; BODY WEIGHT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMAN; LIVER; MALE; MEAT; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECALL; SOCIAL CLASS; SOUTH AFRICA; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY; WASTING SYNDROME;

ADULT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FOOD, FORTIFIED; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMANS; LIVER; MALE; MEAT; MENTAL RECALL; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; POVERTY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL CLASS; SOUTH AFRICA; THINNESS; VITAMIN A; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY; WASTING SYNDROME;

EID: 84911396415     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980013003212     Document Type: Article

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