A Low Pulse Food Intake May Contribute to the Poor Nutritional Status and Low Dietary Intakes of Adolescent Girls in Rural Southern Ethiopia

Ecology of Food and Nutrition

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 240-254

  Roba, Alemzewed C ^a   Gabriel Micheal, Kebebush ^a   Zello, Gordon A ^b   Jaffe, Joann ^c   Whiting, Susan J ^b   Henry, Carol J ^b  

^a HAWASSA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

Author keywords

adolescent girls; dietary intakes; Ethiopia; pulses; stunting; underweight

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; DEVELOPING WORLD; DIET; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH RISK; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RURAL POPULATION; WOMENS HEALTH;

ETHIOPIA;

ANIMALIA;

PROTEIN INTAKE;

ADMINISTRATION AND DOSAGE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY WEIGHT; CATERING SERVICE; COMPLICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET; EATING; ETHIOPIA; FABACEAE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMAN; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PLANT SEED; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; PROTEIN INTAKE; RURAL POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; DIETARY PROTEINS; EATING; ETHIOPIA; FABACEAE; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; FOOD SUPPLY; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMANS; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SEEDS; THINNESS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84928360605     PISSN: 03670244     EISSN: 15435237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03670244.2014.974593     Document Type: Article

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