Multiple-micronutrient fortified non-dairy beverage interventions reduce the risk of anemia and iron deficiency in school-aged children in low-middle income countries: A systematic review and meta-analysis(i–iv)

Nutrients

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 3847-3868

  Aaron, Grant J ^a   Dror, Daphna K ^b   Yang, Zhenyu ^c  

^a GLOBAL ALLIANCE FOR IMPROVED NUTRITION   (Switzerland)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^c BEIJING HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Beverages; Children; Fortification; Low income; Multiple micronutrients

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FERRITIN; FOLIC ACID; HEMOGLOBIN; IODINE; NICOTINIC ACID; PYRIDOXINE; RETINOL; RIBOFLAVIN; THIAMINE; TRACE ELEMENT; ZINC; IRON;

ANEMIA; ANTHROPOMETRY; CHILD; COGNITION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; BEVERAGE; DEFICIENCY; FORTIFIED FOOD; INCOME; METABOLISM; POVERTY;

ANEMIA; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; BEVERAGES; CHILD; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FOOD, FORTIFIED; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INCOME; IRON; MICRONUTRIENTS; POVERTY;

EID: 84930959052     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20726643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/nu7053847     Document Type: Review

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