A child feeding index is superior to WHO IYCF indicators in explaining length-for-age Z-scores of young children in rural Cambodia

Paediatrics and International Child Health

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 124-134

  Reinbott, Anika ^a   Kuchenbecker, Judith ^a   Herrmann, Johannes ^a   Jordan, Irmgard ^a   Muehlhoff, Ellen ^b   Kevanna, Ou ^c   Krawinkel, Michael ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS   (Italy)

^c National Maternal and Child Health Center   (Cambodia)

Author keywords

Cambodia; Child feeding index; Complementary feeding; Length for age Z score

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BOTTLE FEEDING; BREAST FEEDING; CAMBODIA; CHILD; CHILD FEEDING INDEX; CHILD NUTRITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET; FEMALE; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; LENGTH FOR AGE Z SCORE; MALE; MEAL FREQUENCY; MINIMUM ACCEPTABLE DIET; MINIMUM DIETARY DIVERSITY; MINIMUM MEAL FREQUENCY; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL AREA; SCORING SYSTEM; STUNTING; WASTING SYNDROME; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ANTHROPOMETRY; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; EVALUATION STUDY; INFANT NUTRITION; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZATION; RURAL POPULATION;

ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST FEEDING; CAMBODIA; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RURAL POPULATION; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84929310168     PISSN: 20469047     EISSN: 20469055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/2046905514Y.0000000155     Document Type: Article

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