Low intake of calcium and vitamin D, but not zinc, iron or vitamin A, is associated with stunting in 2- to 5-year-old children

Nutrition

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 841-846

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

^a SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^b Integrated Nutrition Programme   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STELLENBOSCH   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Calcium intake; Milk intake; Preschool children; Stunting; Vitamin D intake

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; CALCIUM; COPPER; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; IRON; MAGNESIUM; NICOTINIC ACID; PHOSPHORUS; PYRIDOXINE; RETINOL; RIBOFLAVIN; THIAMINE; VITAMIN D; ZINC; TRACE ELEMENT;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST FEEDING; CALCIUM INTAKE; CALORIC INTAKE; CARBOHYDRATE INTAKE; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRON INTAKE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL SMOKING; MILK; MINERAL INTAKE; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTAKE; STUNTING; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; VITAMIN INTAKE; ANIMAL; COMPLICATION; DEFICIENCY; DIET; GROWTH DISORDERS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; SOUTH AFRICA; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

ANIMALS; BIRTH WEIGHT; CALCIUM; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMANS; IRON; MALE; MICRONUTRIENTS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREVALENCE; RIBOFLAVIN; SOUTH AFRICA; VITAMIN A; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; ZINC;

EID: 84928557972     PISSN: 08999007     EISSN: 18731244     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nut.2014.12.011     Document Type: Article

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