Estimating dietary micronutrient supply and the prevalence of inadequate intakes from national Food Balance Sheets in the South Asia region

Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 368-376

  Mark, Henry E ^a   Houghton, Lisa A ^b   Gibson, Rosalind S ^b   Monterrosa, Eva ^a   Kraemer, Klaus ^a,c  

^a Sight and Life   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Food; Inadequacy; Intake; Micronutrients; South Asia

Indexed keywords

TRACE ELEMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ASIA; CATERING SERVICE; CHILD; DEFICIENCY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIET; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED NATIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ASIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIET; FEMALE; FOOD SUPPLY; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MICRONUTRIENTS; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION SURVEYS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; UNITED NATIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84979098141     PISSN: 09647058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.6133/apjcn.2016.25.2.11     Document Type: Article

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