The effects of regular consumption of a multiple micronutrient fortified milk beverage on the micronutrient status of school children and on their mental and physical performance

Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 190-198

  Kuriyan, Rebecca ^a   Thankachan, Prashanth ^a   Selvam, Sumithra ^a   Pauline, Maria ^a   Srinivasan, K ^a   Kamath Jha, Shilpa ^b   Vinoy, Sophie ^b   Misra, Situn ^b   Finnegan, Yvonne ^c   Kurpad, Anura V ^a  

^a ST JOHN'S NATIONAL ACADEMY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (India)

^b Mondelez International   (France)

^c Kraft Foods Global Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Fortification; Micronutrient; Physical performance

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; FERRITIN; FOLIC ACID; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; RIBOFLAVIN; SELENIUM; TRACE ELEMENT; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR; VITAMIN D; IRON INTAKE;

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BLOOD BIOCHEMISTRY; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CACAO; CHILD; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FORTIFIED FOOD; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDIAN; IRON DEFICIENCY; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; MALT; MILK; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RIBOFLAVIN DEFICIENCY; SCHOOL CHILD; ADMINISTRATION AND DOSAGE; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; ANIMAL; BLOOD; BODY MASS; CHEMISTRY; DEFICIENCY; INDIA; IRON INTAKE; METABOLISM; VITAMIN B 12 DEFICIENCY;

ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; ANIMALS; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; COGNITION; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FERRITINS; FOLIC ACID; FOOD, FORTIFIED; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INDIA; IRON, DIETARY; MALE; MICRONUTRIENTS; MILK; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RECEPTORS, TRANSFERRIN; RIBOFLAVIN; RIBOFLAVIN DEFICIENCY; SELENIUM; VITAMIN B 12; VITAMIN B 12 DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN D;

EID: 84924213028     PISSN: 02615614     EISSN: 15321983     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clnu.2015.02.001     Document Type: Article

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