Nutritional quality of a selection of children's packaged food available in Australia

Nutrition and Dietetics

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 88-94

  Meloncelli, Nina J L ^a   Pelly, Fiona E ^a   Cooper, Sheri L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE SUNSHINE COAST   (Australia)

Author keywords

Food composition; Guidelines; Nutrient profiling; Nutritional quality; Obesity

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; CHILD; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEW ZEALAND; NUTRIENT; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; SCIENTIST;

EID: 84956679495     PISSN: 14466368     EISSN: 17470080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1747-0080.12231     Document Type: Article

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