Packaged baby and toddler foods: Questions of sugar and sodium

Pediatric Obesity

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 149-155

  Elliott, C D ^a   Conlon, M J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Baby and toddler; food and nutrition; sodium; sugar

Indexed keywords

SODIUM; SUGAR; SODIUM INTAKE; SUGAR INTAKE;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; BABY; BABY FOOD; BLOOD LEVEL; CALORIE; CEREAL; CHILD; CONTENT ANALYSIS; DIETARY REFERENCE INTAKE; EXPECTATION; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD PACKAGING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICS; TODDLER; UNITED STATES; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANALYSIS; FOOD ANALYSIS; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION; MANAGEMENT; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SODIUM INTAKE; SUGAR INTAKE;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIETARY SUCROSE; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD LABELING; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT FOOD; INFANT NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; NUTRITION POLICY; NUTRITIVE VALUE; POLICY MAKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SODIUM, DIETARY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84924957288     PISSN: 20476302     EISSN: 20476310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2047-6310.2014.223.x     Document Type: Article

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