Low dietary diversity and micronutrient adequacy among lactating women in a peri-urban area of Nepal

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 18, Issue 17, 2015, Pages 3201-3210

  Henjum, Sigrun ^a   Torheim, Liv Elin ^a   Thorne Lyman, Andrew L ^b,c   Chandyo, Ram ^d,e   Fawzi, Wafaie W ^b   Shrestha, Prakash S ^e   Strand, Tor A ^d,f  

^a OSLO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Norway)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c WORLDFISH   (Malaysia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^e TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

^f INNLANDET HOSPITAL TRUST   (Norway)

Author keywords

Dietary diversity; Lactating women; Micronutrient adequacy; Peri urban Nepal

Indexed keywords

TRACE ELEMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CHEMISTRY; CHILD NUTRITION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEFICIENCY; DEFICIENCY DISEASES; DIET; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; LACTATION; MATERNAL NUTRITION; NEPAL; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; ORYZA; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PLANT SEED; PREVALENCE; SEASON; SOCIOECONOMICS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEFICIENCY DISEASES; DIET; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LACTATION; MATERNAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MICRONUTRIENTS; NEPAL; NUTRITION POLICY; NUTRITION SURVEYS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; ORYZA; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREVALENCE; SEASONS; SEEDS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84949266911     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980015000671     Document Type: Article

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