Zinc, iron and calcium are major limiting nutrients in the complementary diets of rural Kenyan children

Maternal and Child Nutrition

Volumn 11, Issue , 2015, Pages 6-20

  Ferguson, Elaine ^a   Chege, Peter ^b   Kimiywe, Judith ^b   Wiesmann, Doris ^c   Hotz, Christine ^d  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b KENYATTA UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^c NONE   (Germany)

^d NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dietary recommendations; Infants; Kenya; Linear programming; Nutrition; Young children

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; FOLIC ACID; IRON; NICOTINIC ACID; ZINC; CALCIUM INTAKE; IRON INTAKE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; CEREAL; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHILD; COMPLEMENTARY DIET; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY RECALL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EGG; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FISH; FOOD BASED RECOMMENDATION; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; INFANT; KENYAN; LEAFY VEGETABLE; LEGUME; LINEAR PROGRAMMING ANALYSIS; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MEAT; MILK; NUTRIENT ADEQUACY; NUTRIENT COMPOSITION; NUTRIENT QUALITY; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; ADMINISTRATION AND DOSAGE; ANIMAL; CALCIUM INTAKE; CATERING SERVICE; DEFICIENCY; FEMALE; FOOD GRAIN; INFANT NUTRITION; IRON INTAKE; KENYA; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; RURAL POPULATION; VEGETABLE;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CALCIUM, DIETARY; DIET; DIET SURVEYS; EDIBLE GRAIN; EGGS; FEMALE; FOOD SUPPLY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; IRON; IRON, DIETARY; KENYA; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MEAT; MILK; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; RURAL POPULATION; VEGETABLES; ZINC;

EID: 84955091122     PISSN: 17408695     EISSN: 17408709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mcn.12243     Document Type: Article

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