Assessment of corporate compliance with guidance and regulations on labels of commercially produced complementary foods sold in Cambodia, Nepal, Senegal and Tanzania

Maternal and Child Nutrition

Volumn 12, Issue , 2016, Pages 106-125

  Sweet, Lara ^a   Pereira, Catherine ^a   Ford, Rosalyn ^a   Feeley, Alison B ^a   Badham, Jane ^a   Mengkheang, Khin ^b   Adhikary, Indu ^b   Gueye, Ndèye Yaga Sy ^b   Coly, Aminata Ndiaye ^b   Makafu, Cecilia ^b   Zehner, Elizabeth ^b  

^a JB Consultancy   (South Africa)

^b HELEN KELLER INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; ATTITUDE; BREAST FEEDING; CALORIC INTAKE; CAMBODIA; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; COMMERCIALLY PRODUCED COMPLEMENTARY FOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPORATE COMPLIANCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FOOD PACKAGING; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT FEEDING; LAW; MARKETING; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NEPAL; NUTRITION EDUCATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENEGAL; TANZANIA; BABY FOOD; BEVERAGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIET; DIETARY REFERENCE INTAKE; ECONOMICS; FOOD INDUSTRY; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; STANDARDS; URBAN HEALTH;

BEVERAGES; CAMBODIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIET SURVEYS; FOOD LABELING; FOOD-PROCESSING INDUSTRY; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT FOOD; NEPAL; RECOMMENDED DIETARY ALLOWANCES; SENEGAL; TANZANIA; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 84962726457     PISSN: 17408695     EISSN: 17408709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mcn.12268     Document Type: Article

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