Preconceptional nutrition interventions for adolescent girls and adult women: Global guidelines and gaps in evidence and policy with emphasis on micronutrients

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 146, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 1461S-1470S

  De Regil, Luz M ^a   Harding, Kimberly B ^a   Roche, Marion L ^a  

^a MICRONUTRIENT INITIATIVE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Guidelines; Nutrition; Policy; Preconception; Research

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; COPPER; FOLIC ACID; IODINE; IRON; RETINOL; SELENIUM; TRACE ELEMENT; VITAMIN D; ZINC;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD NUTRITION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; IODINE DEFICIENCY; LACTATION; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MINERAL DEFICIENCY; MINERAL SUPPLEMENTATION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE LABOR; PREPREGNANCY CARE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; WELLBEING; DIET; GLOBAL HEALTH; HEALTH CARE POLICY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DIET; FEMALE; GLOBAL HEALTH; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; MICRONUTRIENTS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84977471124     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/jn.115.223487     Document Type: Article

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