Exploring why junk foods are 'essential' foods and how culturally tailored recommendations improved feeding in Egyptian children

Maternal and Child Nutrition

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 346-370

  Kavle, Justine A ^a,f   Mehanna, Sohair ^b   Saleh, Gulsen ^c,d   Fouad, Mervat A ^d   Ramzy, Magda ^d   Hamed, Doaa ^d   Hassan, Mohamed ^b   Khan, Ghada ^e   Galloway, Rae ^a,f  

^a PATH   (United States)

^b American University in Cairo   (Egypt)

^c Maternal and Child Health Integrated Program (MCHIP)   (Egypt)

^d Egypt National Institute of Transport   (Egypt)

^e GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f Maternal and Child Health Integrated Program (MCHIP)   (United States)

Author keywords

Breastfeeding; Child feeding; Child public health; Complementary foods; Infant and child nutrition; Practices

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIETARY INTAKE; EGYPT; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; FOOD QUALITY; HUMAN; INFANT; JUNK FOOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL ATTITUDE; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STUNTING; UNDERWEIGHT; WESTERN DIET; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEVERAGE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; DIET; INFANT NUTRITION; INTERVIEW; MOTHER; NEWBORN; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

BEVERAGES; BREAST FEEDING; CULTURAL COMPETENCY; CULTURE; DIET; EGYPT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MOTHERS;

EID: 84931957512     PISSN: 17408695     EISSN: 17408709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mcn.12165     Document Type: Article

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