Preferred Delivery Method and Acceptability of Wheat-Soy Blend (WSB++) as a Daily Complementary Food Supplement in Northwest Bangladesh

Ecology of Food and Nutrition

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 74-92

  Shamim, Abu Ahmed ^a,b   Hanif, Abu A M ^a   Merrill, Rebecca D ^b   Campbell, Rebecca K ^b   Kumkum, Mehnaz Alam ^a,c   Shaikh, Saijuddin ^a,b   de Pee, Saskia ^d   Ahmed, Tahmeed ^e   Parveen, Monira ^f   Mehra, Sucheta ^b   Klemm, Rolf D W ^b   Labrique, Alain B ^b   West, Keith P ^b   Christian, Parul ^b  

^a JiVitA Project   (Bangladesh)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RESEARCH AND EVALUATION DIVISION   (Bangladesh)

^d World Food Programme   (Italy)

^e INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^f World Food Programme   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; children; complementary feeding; supplements; wheat soy blend

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; FOOD SUPPLEMENTATION; MALNUTRITION; RURAL AREA; WHEAT;

BANGLADESH;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

ANIMAL; ATTITUDE; BANGLADESH; CATERING SERVICE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COOKING; DIET; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FAST FOOD; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD ASSISTANCE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MOTHER; RURAL POPULATION; SOYBEAN; WHEAT;

ANIMALS; ATTITUDE; BANGLADESH; COOKING; DIET; FAST FOODS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD ASSISTANCE; FOOD SUPPLY; FOOD, FORTIFIED; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MOTHERS; RURAL POPULATION; SOYBEANS; TRITICUM;

EID: 84920646319     PISSN: 03670244     EISSN: 15435237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03670244.2014.930030     Document Type: Article

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